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Brown Sauce
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 Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:25 pm Post subject: George on "Question Time" tomorrow, 28 Feb. |
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for those not on the mail list ...
go gerrum George  |
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luke
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| Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | This week's panel
Question Time, the BBC's premier political debate programme chaired by David Dimbleby, will be in Stirling on Thursday 28 February 2008.
On the panel are the Deputy Scottish Labour leader Cathy Jamieson, the Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Goldie, the Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Nicol Stephen and Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow George Galloway.
CATHY JAMIESON MSP
Deputy leader of Labour in the Scottish Parliament, Cathy Jamieson MSP (Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire)
Cathy Jamieson is the Deputy leader of Labour in the Scottish Parliament.
After studying at Glasgow School of Art, she became a social worker, working with troubled young people in Glasgow, Renfrewshire and Ayrshire.
She was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999 and was appointed Minister for Education and Young People in 2001. Following the 2003 election, she was appointed Justice Minister and held this post until May 2007, when the SNP took power.
In January she was one of the most outspoken supporters of Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander, who was being investigated by the Electoral Commission for an alleged illegal donation to her leadership campaign.
ANNABEL GOLDIE MSP
Leader of the Scottish Conservatives in the Scottish Parliament, Annabel Goldie MSP (Photo: Lewis Whyld/PA Wire)
Career: Annabel Goldie is leader of the Scottish Conservatives in the Scottish Parliament.
After graduating from the University of Strathclyde she worked as a solicitor, entering politics with her election to the Scottish Parliament in 1999.
She held the posts of Scottish Conservative spokesman on economy, justice and home affairs, before becoming party leader in November 2005.
This month she claimed that the Conservatives, not Labour, are providing the "real opposition" to the SNP in the Scottish Parliament, after they claimed to have extracted £114m worth of concessions in the latest budget.
NICOLA STURGEON MSP
Scotland's Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP (Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
Nicola Sturgeon is Scotland's Deputy First Minister, Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party and Minister for Health and Wellbeing.
She was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, becoming the SNP spokeswoman on justice, and later on education and health.
After the resignation of SNP leader John Swinney in 2004, she initially announced her intention to run for the leadership, but then stood, and won, as Deputy Leader alongside leader Alex Salmond.
Sturgeon says she believes the case for an independent Scotland "is positive and forward-looking. It is based on the modern values of self-determination, equality, co-operation and mutual respect."
NICOL STEPHEN MSP
Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the Scottish Parliament, Nicol Stephen MSP (Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
Career: Nicol Stephen is the leader of the Liberal Democrats in the Scottish Parliament and was deputy first minister of Scotland in the Labour-Lib Dem coalition administration until the SNP took power last year.
After studying law at Edinburgh University, he became Scotland's youngest councillor when he was elected to Grampian Council in 1982.
He served briefly in Westminster as MP for Kincardine and Deeside, during which time he was the Liberal Democrat spokesperson on small business, before his election to the Scottish Parliament in 1999.
Earlier this month he told the Sunday Herald that "most people in Scotland simply do not want separation but more power for the parliament."
GEORGE GALLOWAY MP
Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, George Galloway MP
Career: George Galloway is the Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow.
Having joined the Labour Party as a young activist, he was elected to parliament as the Labour MP for Glasgow Hillhead in 1987. His increasingly outspoken criticism of the party's leadership, which he dismissed as "Tony Blair's lie machine," led to his expulsion from the party in October 2003.
In January 2004, he co-founded Respect, a coalition of left-wing organisations opposed to the Iraq war, and defeated Labour MP Oona King to become MP for Bethnal Green and Bow at the 2005 general election.
This week he blamed criticism of the House of Commons speaker, Michael Martin, on "class prejudice", saying: "It's anti-Scottish and it's anti-Catholic." |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Should be good - I bet there will almost be a race amongst some people on youtube to get it online first, but I reckon that full shows like that are what got that nobgoblin guy closed down, so I'm just going to put it on humyo for the higher quality. |
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nekokate
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| Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Good stuff, Face. People should know to come here, not YouTube, for the quality stuff. |
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faceless
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| Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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yeah, that's what I'm thinking too - most people who have an interest should realise that by now.
I'm quite looking forward to it now... 'mon the Galloway! haha |
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Axlsbabe
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| Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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| good stuff so far |
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faceless
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| Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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| it has been - especially with Nicola Sturgeon emphasising the point that the war in Iraq was based on a pack of lies... |
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mickyv
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| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:06 am Post subject: |
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| Ok, someone please explain to me why GG stuck up for the Speaker, with whom he was so angry with not so long along, for the shameful way he expelled him ! |
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nekokate
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| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:13 am Post subject: |
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| mickyv wrote: | | Ok, someone please explain to me why GG stuck up for the Speaker, with whom he was so angry with not so long along, for the shameful way he expelled him ! |
Because he's not petty. |
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mickyv
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| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:22 am Post subject: |
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| As I recall he was pretty scathing about him in a couple of the radio shows straight after he was expelled, and even devoted his newspaper column to attacking him ! I just found it a very strange & quick turn around ! |
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faceless
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| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:41 am Post subject: |
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I think he was pretty pissed off at the time that a friend had let him down, but in the grander scheme of things he should still support him against the 'toffs and etonians' who want to see the back of him.
His point tonight about Mr Martin being the first Catholic Speaker since Cromwell's time was news to me and really brings it home. |
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nekokate
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| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:46 am Post subject: |
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Exactly. You can be pissed off with someone after they've done you wrong - everyone's entitled to that. When Speaker Martin named GG it was wrong, but George (I suspect) understands that he didn't have much choice.
Let's not forget that Tony Benn said Michael Martin was the best speaker in the history of modern Parliament. And no one could argue with Tony Benn. The godfather. |
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mickyv
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| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:58 am Post subject: |
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If the Godfather has given his blessings then that's it, matter is close !
But yes I think you are both right, GG took it personal but realised later that they have more in common than differences ! |
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luke
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| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:03 am Post subject: |
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| it was quite a good show for question time, and galloway seemed to get a good response from the audience - i don't think dimbleby liked that ... bringing up that old tired indefatigable stuff again, galloway should have got him on that |
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mickyv
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| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:44 am Post subject: |
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| No dear, just read the comments on QT. GG has taken a bashing, so much so it looks like a organise concerted effort ! |
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