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Added: Friday, 25 September, 2009, 01:29 GMT 02:29 UK

My best wishes for Question Time and its Chaired (Host) David Dimbleby for his time....
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What are your thoughts about the programme and the panel? [I think that the panel is an outstanding selection of British Political and other aspects of society.....


~Dennis Junior~

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Added: Thursday, 24 September, 2009, 23:30 GMT 00:30 UK

Labour MPs answering questions are increasing in cringe level, but then so are the Torys & Lib Dems.

I myself could make better argument in answering questions for & on behalf of ANY of the 3 main partys.

More & more the MP panel members ability to answer questions & inteligently debate & put good argument is weakened by such weak & non informative answers.

It's like they are partaking in their first ever debate & being unprepaired for even basics.

QT is getting embarassing to watch.

[SKYISBLUESOAMI], UN-SUSTAINABILITY THE EPITATH OF HUMANITY, United Kingdom

Added: Thursday, 24 September, 2009, 23:06 GMT 00:06 UK

I think question time is a good incite into political debate for the UK but feel it is shown fat too late as most people, especially those ho work are in bed by 10/10:30pm and so miss it. I watch the start but most weeks reluctantly go to bed at 10pm. I do not have sky plus either.
I just feel that most people miss it and it could then run a little longer than just 1 hour to debate such important issues for our country.

christine mason, Northwich Cheshire

Added: Thursday, 24 September, 2009, 23:05 GMT 00:05 UK

To 'David' in London. It is actually easier to get to Calais, than from Helmand to Kabul. This is a practically impossible journey, across thousands of miles of landmined and dangerous territory. Then to actually negotiate the road to the Embassy, when one has reached Kabul, is no mean feat, let alone entering the Embassy building.... I presume the writer has never been to Afghanistan. I am British. I worked there for over a year. I know why people are fleeing and how hard it is to claim asylum.

Helen, London

Added: Thursday, 24 September, 2009, 22:52 GMT 23:52 UK

@ Kirstin Mackintosh - that would be because they are support networks for specific ethnic groups within specific careers. To compare them to the BNP is frankly ridiculous; as a political party the BNP ought to be open to all races who want to join, unless they have something to hide.

@ thejug - thankyou for reminding me how stupid I am. I had forgotten that this country was ineffably great and that what constitutes 'worst' is not a subjective matter but a matter of fact.

John P. Powell, Leicester

Added: Thursday, 24 September, 2009, 22:51 GMT 23:51 UK

Finally someone from Edinburgh and someone from Glasgow agree with something. Scottish independence is coming if the tories get a landslide, they are such a turn off.

Nate, Edinburgh

That settles it then - I am definitely voting tory.

Election Please, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Added: Thursday, 24 September, 2009, 22:46 GMT 23:46 UK

Why should someone who earns more money, pay more percentage of their earnings in tax? There's a very good chance that someone who earns at least £50k a year will pay for Bupa, and therefore not use the NHS. Even though they are paying NI. They are also less likely to commit a crime and therefore be less of a burden on the Police/CPS. And when that person spends their money they will be paying tax on everything they purchase. Means they will pay more tax than someone who earns £20k a year.

jimbo, helston

Added: Thursday, 24 September, 2009, 22:45 GMT 23:45 UK

Further to my earlier post. When working in the civil service, I was amazed at the number of consultants regularly employed by managers to help them do their job, which seemed a bit perverse to me for obvious reasons. But when the job of stream lining the civil service came, my initial thought was great, this is a job where consultants would be invaluable, weeding out the dead wood, and making real qualitative cuts. Unsurprisingly, consultants were kept well away from this job.

Samuel Kay, Sheffield

Added: Thursday, 24 September, 2009, 22:41 GMT 23:41 UK

David Laws- Surely it's easier to get from Helmand Province to Kabul(to fill in your from) than Calais. The majority in "The Jungle" are economic migrants not Asylum seekers. Why travel across western europe if your only aim was to escape persecution, surley you had achieved that when you arrived in Germany, France or Italy. They are Economic migrants who are sadly illiterate, unskilled who would eventually depise our "Godless society" before disappearing into one of our many city Ghettos

David, London

Added: Thursday, 24 September, 2009, 22:40 GMT 23:40 UK

Actually it is SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT, not Executive, and not only because it was rebranded, anyone who knows the definition of Executive know's that it does not represent in anyway what the Scottish Governments does, which is Govern btw.

Executive is an ambiguious statement and anyone with even a little knowledge of politics knows that, well apart from someone in Kilmarnock, need to check the definition I thinks.

Nate, Edinburgh

Added: Thursday, 24 September, 2009, 22:38 GMT 23:38 UK

please can we get rid of the odious fraser nelson from the bbc.he is on the radio and news all the time. he is nothing but a creepy sycophant to mr cameron and the far right of the tory party. he is full of his own importance and has somehow become the face of political reasoning and opinion. he writes for the news of the world which says just about everything you need to know about him. horrible! ! ! !

anthony griffiths, bridgend

Added: Thursday, 24 September, 2009, 22:37 GMT 23:37 UK

Regarding cuts in public expenditure. I don't believe it will work as it should. Being an ex civil servant, and having gone through a cost cutting exercise, I have found that the managers in the civil service is very good at protecting themselves.

I don't think anyone will disagree that there is too much bueracracy in the civil service. It is my view that this is caused by too many managers, fighting to justify their role.

Samuel Kay, Sheffield

Added: Thursday, 24 September, 2009, 22:35 GMT 23:35 UK

i agree with david of london. the aspiration of a taxi driver who recently drove me was to sign all his wealth to his children in order that he could retire early into a council flat and 'live off the state'. if the state provides people will seek to benefit from it at the expense of those who have different values and opinions.

phil wright, maidenhead, United Kingdom

Added: Thursday, 24 September, 2009, 22:35 GMT 23:35 UK

I love a democracy however when Labour are involved all they do is ruin this once great country and i think yhey should be band from politics they are a triators to our country and have no monetary sense

the jug, Northampton

Added: Thursday, 24 September, 2009, 22:33 GMT 23:33 UK

I have been a contractor for many years well established within the agencies i work for. I was however surprised on my recent contract the vigerous checking involved , But this has to be done in order to comply Baroness Scotland was out of order considering she authorised this new ruling so yes she should be fined 10 grand not 5 and removed from her seat .

zak, Bristol