[Althea]

Didn't see a topic on this, so I thought I'd create one.

I'm not actually sure what this show is. Is it a semi-satirical look at the news? It seems kinda funny, though.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Don't understand it either. It's a bit like "Behind The Headlines" in the mid-nineties. Where Jeffrey Archer and Paul Boateng "crossed swords" in a supposedly funny way. Sometimes it was Giles Brandreth and Tony Banks.

See also A Week In Politics on Channel 4. I used to like Vincent Hanna, he could do dry humour.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Someone online says Hanna was "incisive but quirky". That's the phrase for this genre.

[Althea]

It seems a bit right-wing, though. Booo.

[Abernathy]

Just in in time to catch Quentin Fucking Letts. Ye gods if ever there was a man I'd punch until I collapsed with exhaustion, it's that loathsome cunt.

[oboogie]

It seems a bit right-wing, though. Booo

Andrew Neil is the ex-editor of the Sunday Times and Spectator and a Tory supporter.
Michael Portillo is an ex-right-wing Tory cabinet minister now claiming to be a moderate.
They are 'balanced' by whichever Labour person they can find.
So yes it's weighted in favour of the Tories.
I quite enjoy it in spite of that though.

[Althea]

Okay, okay, they overlaid I Am What I Am over that Catholic git.

That was awesome.

[Tom_UK]

Just in in time to catch Quentin Fucking Letts. Ye gods if ever there was a man I'd punch until I collapsed with exhaustion, it's that loathsome cunt.

You tuned in too late to see Peter Stringfellow sitting on a throne (yes, really) bleating about how unfair the 50% tax rate is. What a cunt!

[Althea]

Yeah, I did wonder if that was a poor choice of setting. In his own club talking about stuff like that, then appearing in a rather expensive-looking suit.

Wharra nob, as the Yoof say.

[Althea]

Tonight: Stuff happens on This Week. But gay marriage is up on it, so I will watch it. And moan.

[Tubby Isaacs]

So who's the rightwinger who gets to make tonight's film to start the debate?

Someone from the IEA?

[Abernathy]

So who's the rightwinger who gets to make tonight's film to start the debate?

Someone from the IEA?

Oddly enough, it's Mr Simon Callow.

[Samanfur]

I'll admit that Neill's intro to the piece (regarding Cameron, Clegg and "that homewrecker Barack Obama") raised a few sniggers.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Was Callow talking like he was doing a soliloquy?

[Althea]

Was Callow talking like he was doing a soliloquy?

He is, yes.