AndrewJRenko wrote: » Is he really though? If you want to know what's actually happening with Brexit, would you not want to talk to one of the UK cabinet, perhaps? Someone with actual insight into the current situation? Somebody who is actually dealing with the conflicting requirements of EU and GB, rather than somebody who is pretending that one side doesn't exist? Sounds like you've fallen for his line. As a matter of indisputable fact, the only thing he represents is the south-east England euro constituency. He might like to think that he represents more, and he definitely likes you to think that he represents more than this, but the facts don't stand up. His former party is in tatters, no MPs, leaders dropping out every few months. If you want to hear from Brexiteers, there are load of other options. If the BBC interviewed Ming Flanagan as representing Ireland on any national issue, we'd be laughing all day long. But when RTE do the same, it's apparently an important voice to listen to.
Berserker wrote: » He's the primary poster boy for Brexit. You may not agree with or like him but claiming that he's just some regional politician is nonsense. If you want a pro-Brexit voice, he's the man to talk to.
FrancieBrady wrote: » He represents part (and a sizeable part imo and the opinion of many others) of the Brexiteer constituency. Which warrants his inclusion no matter what you or I think of his opinion. Unless you favour censorship then your objections are just evidence tht you don't think opinions you disagree with should air. Which tallies with your objections to Linehan.
AndrewJRenko wrote: » The only people he represents are the voters of south-east England. Any other claims of representation are as spurious as all his other claims.
AndrewJRenko wrote: » The only people he represents are the voters of south-east England. Any other claims of representation are as spurious as all his other claims. And yes, Claire Byrne did get kudos, which speaks volumes about how badly the UK media, especially the BBC have handled Farage et al for the last few years.
RabbleRouser2k wrote: » *Sits at his laptop, crying...* I...just...*sniff* wanted to post...*sniff*...comments.
FrancieBrady wrote: » How droll. You do know the word 'constituency' has meanings other that an electoral area...yeh? No doubt he was picked for his controversial stance but it doesn't get away from the fact that he represents a point of view and is an elected official. He also meets your previous criteria for selection on current affairs shows - until you realised that criteria wasn't broad enough to cover all the people you don't like and therefore should be censored. *and Claire Byrne got many kudos here and abroad for questioning him, so maybe revisit that opinion.
AndrewJRenko wrote: » If you think he was chosen for his MEP status, you're incredibly naive. He's chosen as a rabble rouser, a professional troll. Just a shame that they didn't try asking him some hard questions, say about his kids applying for German passports, or about the lies that he and UKIP put out during the campaign, or about Aaron Banks funding of unaccounted campaign activities or about who made money from the timing of the UK referendum exit polls.
AndrewJRenko wrote: » That's strange, because when I look at the list of UK MEP constituencies, I don't 'Brexiteer' in the list. Where is this mythical Brexiteer place that you speak of?
a group of people with shared interests or political opinions. "the right needed to move beyond its blue-blood constituency"
He wasn't picked because he represents the South East of England as an MEP. He was picked as a troll, and I really don't want to see current affairs in Ireland going further down the road of 'let's get two extreme positions in studio and let them shout it out'. But if they do pick a troll, I'd expect some serious questioning, instead of rehashing the usual oul guff.
FrancieBrady wrote: » He represents the Brexiteer constituency in the UK and is a full MEP. Just because you don't like him or what he has to say gives you no rights of censorship, which you seem rather overly desperate to have.
FrancieBrady wrote: » He's an MEP, which meets Andrew's criteria or maybe it doesn't because he doesn't like what he has to say, which seems to me to be his real criteria. Confused.
RabbleRouser2k wrote: » They gave Graham Linehan a spotlight about Trans rights last week, or the week before. He's pretty much the same thing-professional writer turned professional troll. RTE love their controversies.
AndrewJRenko wrote: » And why do you think that they choose him out of all the UK MEPs? Did he add any new analysis or insights? Nah, just his usual old guff, patronising Ireland. He's a professional troll, and RTE facilitated him.
murpho999 wrote: » Might be good for other young drivers to see though.
AllForIt wrote: » Farage is an elected MEP. By your logic any past elected politician should not be consulted. That's absurd.
RabbleRouser2k wrote: » Laois_Man wrote: » They wouldn't take the cheque Money talks-they would. Years ago (the 90s), a comic book came out about Dahmer or Bundy. The relatives of one victim were angry because they didn't get money from it, and one of the victims was drawn as the wrong race. (He was black irl, the artist made him white-only because he had no photos and was just going by records-no photos were available). The comic showed this killer as the monster he truly was-other publications like Time Magazine had listed him as 'one of the most intriguing people' on their end of year list. It was an indie comic, and the dude never made a significant profit on it-he had another job to pay the bills. I don't care what they have to say, I genuinely don't. A movie was made about the murder of Brian Murphy by a number of teenagers. (What Richard Did). The case was more recent, the family never got justice, and nobody ever went to prison. Yet folks moved on. It's horrible, but that's what you have to do. Are they ALWAYS gonna come out and try and get stories like this taken down? They did the same to Hollyoaks a few years back, where they whined about a story 'humanizing' a child killer-the story was nixxed. They got justice, even if that won't replace their son. But this is the cruellty of life-he's dead, the movie's made, you can't 'take it out of public domain' like dad/ step-dad wants. (I didn't catch if he was her ex husband or her current husband).
Laois_Man wrote: » They wouldn't take the cheque
AndrewJRenko wrote: » A democratic approach would generally involve somebody who has been elected. He's not an MP. He has no party. He's not part of the party that is trying to implement Brexit. Surely a senior Tory would be far more relevant? Unless RTE is just trolling for clicks.
AllForIt wrote: » He was/is the leading voice for Brexit and to starve him of oxygen doesn't sound very democratic to me.
murpho999 wrote: » Might be good for other young drivers to see though. We can't always not show stuff just because it's not pleasant.
FrancieBrady wrote: » RTE News showed a prolonged picture of the car in the Donegal accident tonight. I think that is a horrific thing for a family member to see, bad enough for us who are unconnected.
Deleted User wrote: » Would they be on here if they were getting a cheque and royalties?
Atlantic Dawn wrote: » The media regularly take photos of bereaved families at funerals without seeking any permission whatsoever, I find that every bit as much of an invasion of privacy.
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