AllForIt wrote: » A hard border does not necessarily imply a return to the old days. Or do you know that it will for a certainty?
FrancieBrady wrote: » You are suprised Irish people would chose a UI over a hard border...where have you been for the last 100 years? :rolleyes:
Laois_Man wrote: » And why didnt they have Flanagan and Farage debate together?
AndrewJRenko wrote: » Farage isn't on Prime Time - he's on Claire Byrne, a different show. Having said that, I've no idea why BBC and now RTE continue to give him oxygen. He has no mandate, no party, no base.
AllForIt wrote: » I'm shocked by those stats re united Ireland. 1K of a sample is a bit small. If ever a thing were to happen we'd have a resurgence of Loyalists terrorists and who wants that.
jogdish wrote: » As suspected the Clair Byrne Amarach poll thing is useless from a statistical view point, samples/questions most weeks are awfully chosen.
jay0109 wrote: » Don't mention a united Ireland to an FG-er....he'll combust
FrancieBrady wrote: » Again we come to the word 'threshold' and it depends what yours is I suppose. Generally I am not afraid of opinions and I pride myself on owning my own mind. It's kinda required after the watershed. Farage is on tonight - he has been accused of racism for instance. Have you rung in to complain or will you just watch and process it? Actually, don't answer that, I think we are done here. I am anyhow.
Laois_Man wrote: » Farage knows damn well he is going to "come back and fight them again" - Is anyone going to listen to anything he has to say on any other topic? What's his career going to be when everyone stops talking about Brexit? Where's he going to get a radio show to talk about the state of political affairs in Mogadishu! And why didnt they have Flanagan and Farage debate together?
Atlantic Dawn wrote: » Hard border will be mandatory without a trade deal.
AndrewJRenko wrote: » Air all views? Really? So any kind of racist, misogynist, transphobic rant should be presented to the general public? Personally, I'd expect a professional public service broadcaster to have some kind of editorial role, to look for evidence over opinion - but perhaps my standards are higher than yours.
FrancieBrady wrote: » This is the real world, like it or not, Linehan's name has purchase. People like him will be sought out if they have a stance. This wasn't a debate on a referendum, it was a segment designed to flesh out to an unaware audience, what the issues are. I am long enough in the tooth to know that one person's rant is another's rational opinion. The remit is and should be, to air all views.
AndrewJRenko wrote: » But you haven't been on Prime Time, right? No, neither have I, regardless of how opinionated I am. With a professional journalist like O'toole, you get some analysis, some context, some additional history - we got none of that from Glinner, just a mad rant, a completely inappropriate comparison to bulemia and some furious typing.
FrancieBrady wrote: » If you knew what you were talking about...no problem whatsoever. And yes, I have taken part in current affairs radio programmes on topics I have interest in. What is your point here? Have you seen O'Toole on these type of segments? I have seen talk on Housing, Finance, Northern Ireland, Film Industry etc etc. He has 'opinions' on all of that but would not have qualifications in them. I get the impression you have only tuned into current affairs programmes because your pet topic was on and Linehan has an opposing view to you.
AndrewJRenko wrote: » Have you been invited on Prime Time much? Would you be happy if they invited me on?
FrancieBrady wrote: » Yes, off the top of my head Fintan O'Toole has been on it, on a host of topics which he has an opinion on. As have other writers. Can you show us an actual 'threshold' that exists to be 'asked' on to a segment investigating the issues around something? They would be failing my idea of a balanced current affairs show if they didn't attempt to represent all opinion. And like it or not the jury is out on aspects of this.