People with long political careers in “most BBCQT appearances” shock - ThreadSky

tomhamilton.bsky.social • 119 days ago

People with long political careers in “most BBCQT appearances” shock

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Fuck’s sake Labour. Sort the BBC out.

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Ah yes, but if you divide his appearances by the number of parties he's been a member of, it's a much more reasonable number

tomhamilton.bsky.social•119 days ago

Ken Clarke the real outlier here as the only one with a really long ministerial career - the list skews towards people in senior opposition roles and leaders of smaller parties.

tomhamilton.bsky.social•119 days ago

Clare Short amazingly high on the list too.

chairmanmoet.bsky.social•119 days ago

Happy to speak her mind and didn't seem that bothered if she said something that made her unpopular. You can see why producers would be happy to repeatedly book her.

yellowmag.bsky.social•119 days ago

If any bias it’s towards people who speak authentically (or appear to)

lottelydia.bsky.social•119 days ago

Combination of long political career/ministerial position/high profile resignation/reliable anti-Blair voice makes it fairly explicable, though

tomhamilton.bsky.social•119 days ago

Yeah absolutely but I’m amazed she’s at the same level as Farage

blunderball.bsky.social•119 days ago

Increased post resignation from Blair's government you reckon?

tomhamilton.bsky.social•119 days ago

Dunno. She was a shadow frontbencher for a long time too.

thatcymraes.bsky.social•119 days ago

pOliTcAl cArEeR

thatcymraes.bsky.social•119 days ago

Dude. He’s literally been an agitator for years with zero actual power.
It’s insane that he’s been platformed as many times as he has.

tomhamilton.bsky.social•119 days ago

I don’t like him either but he’s spent ages as the leader of a small party which had sufficient poll ratings to justify going on sometimes and a reluctance to put many other people up.

pauliewaulie.bsky.social•119 days ago

The question is not why they keep putting him on BBCQT, but why they keep putting BBCQT on TV in the first place.

tomhamilton.bsky.social•119 days ago

I haven’t seen it since Fiona Bruce took over (nothing against her, just stopped watching it before she started and never went back, not even once).

pauliewaulie.bsky.social•119 days ago

It’s not Peter Sissons any more then?

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