Comments on: James Purnell MP – thick, tiresome and toadying http://www.thecep.org.uk/wordpress/2008/05/09/james-purnell-mp-thick-tiresome-and-toadying-he-should-go-a-long-way/ CEP News Blog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:31:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Derek http://www.thecep.org.uk/wordpress/2008/05/09/james-purnell-mp-thick-tiresome-and-toadying-he-should-go-a-long-way/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Derek Fri, 09 May 2008 18:32:59 +0000 http://www.thecep.org.uk/wordpress/?p=145#comment-575 2 Questions from the audience! 2 Questions from the audience!

]]> By: Derek http://www.thecep.org.uk/wordpress/2008/05/09/james-purnell-mp-thick-tiresome-and-toadying-he-should-go-a-long-way/comment-page-1/#comment-574 Derek Fri, 09 May 2008 18:19:41 +0000 http://www.thecep.org.uk/wordpress/?p=145#comment-574 "Fortunately, someone in the audience had rediscovered his backbone and asked James Purnell to his face whether it was right that England should be disadvantaged on public spending, NHS drugs, free prescriptions, free further education and our lack of democracy when compared with Scotland…. “Where’s the unity in that?” he finished. Not many people in the audience got a chance to speak! The panel just waffled on about Scotland and suppressed anything meaningful. Very few of the audience got a chance to ask a question.Compare it with the previous question when loads of follow up questions were asked! I've no doubt there will be an enquiry as to why the question about England being disadvvantaged on public spending got through. Bumblebee wasn't doing his job was he. I'm going to watch it again and see how many questions were asked by the audience “Fortunately, someone in the audience had rediscovered his backbone and asked James Purnell to his face whether it was right that England should be disadvantaged on public spending, NHS drugs, free prescriptions, free further education and our lack of democracy when compared with Scotland…. “Where’s the unity in that?” he finished.

Not many people in the audience got a chance to speak! The panel just waffled on about Scotland and suppressed anything meaningful. Very few of the audience got a chance to ask a question.Compare it with the previous question when loads of follow up questions were asked!
I’ve no doubt there will be an enquiry as to why the question about England being disadvvantaged on public spending got through. Bumblebee wasn’t doing his job was he.
I’m going to watch it again and see how many questions were asked by the audience

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