BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION - 4TH JULY

Farage got a roasting on Question time last night, very hostile crowd. The questioners were very hostile, look at the guy asking the question lads.

Surely the BBC should be impartial though, especially in a debate with candidates in a general election.

Yeah, but a BBC employee asking questions is not a great look is it ? Could you imagine if RTE did an election debate and one of the questioners asking hostile questions was a staff member of RTE and everyone found out about it. It would not give a look of impartiality on behalf of the broadcaster would it ?

I am on about BBC staff in the audience asking hostile questions who are not journalists.

Agree with all of that. The nearest equivalent to Farage in Ireland would be Niall Boylan, a smooth media operator throwing out snappy soundbites and clichés. If you listen carefully to what they are saying though, there's very little substance to it and they are short on detail….it's all designed to appeal to the emotions.

As you say, most of the 'patriots' are inarticulate cranks who can barely string a sentence together.

You asked for proof you got it, what more do you want ? He works for the BBC doesn't he ?

Here is another audience member Salman Mirza he is called, just a normal guy off the street no doubt.

No agenda that lad.

It is the guys own website. What part of " For the past year I have been 1st AD on BBC Doctors." do you not understand ?

Have a look at his CV includes Assistant director for Holby City and Dr. Who. What more do you want ?

https://www.mcorden.com/_files/ugd/84bb28_3956b1a0e4e84649b5d4bbda072b79b5.pdf

Incorrect you asked for proof that he worked for the BBC. Now you are asking for proof the something insidious was going on, make your mind up.

I don't think it is a good look to hand out one of just a few questions to someone working at the BBC when you claim to be impartial and independant in a general election debate.

As a reform supporter, do you agree with Farage kicking out the 3 candidates for racism?

Boylan is already back broadcasting on Classic Hits btw. His sojourn into politics was very brief.

He's going after the same demographic that support the far right parties around Europe. Often elderly, living in rural areas, low standard of education and so on….these voters are more likely to buy into the 'return to traditional /conservative values' spiel and to feel under threat from the modern world.