24-01-2020, 11:02 AM
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Question Time
How refreshing to watch last night's episode which was not predominantly focussing on Brexit or Megxit!There was some interesting and civilised discussion, but I wonder if the comments made by the first speaker of the evening (broadcaster and businessman Trevor Philips), when addressing knife crime, would have been accepted if he had been white?
He gave a concise summary of where he felt the problem lay, stating that the problems mainly affected disenfranchised black youths, but I noticed that several of the black members of the audience did not applaud his comments.
24-01-2020, 01:06 PM
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Re: Question Time
Originally Posted by Last Tango
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How refreshing to watch last night's episode which was not predominantly focussing on Brexit or Megxit!There was some interesting and civilised discussion, but I wonder if the comments made by the first speaker of the evening (broadcaster and businessman Trevor Philips), when addressing knife crime, would have been accepted if he had been white?
He gave a concise summary of where he felt the problem lay, stating that the problems mainly affected disenfranchised black youths, but I noticed that several of the black members of the audience did not applaud his comments.
24-01-2020, 01:12 PM
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Re: Question Time
The panel seemed stunned by his graphic description of the level of violence in knife attacks. People stabbed in the anus which had left them having to wear a colostomy bag.One woman talked of the trauma of witnessing a stabbing but having no counselling for the stress it has caused.
A police officer quoted Sir Robert Peel, “The Police are the Public; the Public are the Police”, after another panel guest described asking an officer at the scene of an incident what had happened, only to feel that the officer was not interested in what she had to say.
20-03-2020, 12:35 AM
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Re: Question Time
Originally Posted by Meg
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I don't think it was the lack of audience that made a difference to QT tonight it was more down to having a panel that wasn't political point-scoring all the time.
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