Well, well, well. What a difference a week makes. Anyone who saw the grotesque spectacle of last week's show might have thought they were watching an entirely different programme this week. If last week's audience was recruited and coached as has been claimed in the newspapers, this week's appears to have been told to keep quiet. Even the appearance of pantomime villain Jacqui Smith barely raised a 'boo'.
If last week's episode of Question Time was sensational, this week's was sensationally dull.
Jacqui Smith (ZaNuLiebour) is, as regular readers of this blog may know, one of those politicians who this blogger dislikes above all others. Not because of her dodgy expense claims, but because of her wicked destruction of civil liberties while she was Home Secretary. She was made to squirm by the studio audience a little on the topic of her expense claims - but this particular BBC studio audience made her squirm in oh-so-terribly polite and respectfully quiet terms.
Our Rating: 0/12 (well, what did you expect?)
Cheryl Gillan (Conservative) was probably the member of the panel we liked most... or disliked least. In terms of politics, she did little to excite us... but we did start thinking that if she gets tired of politics, she should contact ITV and ask if they will let her audition for the female host spot on This Morning.
Our Rating: 5/12
Lembit Opik (LibDem) - now, wasn't this the one who had a relationship with a Cheeky Girl? Can't remember now. The LibDems all seem to blur into one ghastly drearfest for us. Who are they? What do they stand for? Why are they always so irritating? Anyway, we would have preferred hearing the Cheeky Girls singing their 'Touch My Bum' song than listen to the waffle that this guy went on with. Yuck.
Our Rating: 0/12
Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru) was, at least, a bit like a politician. Not especially animated about anything, not especially exciting or inspiring... what can one say about anything he had to say? Very little.
Our Rating: 5/12
John Sergeant (broadcaster and twinkle toes) seemed to have appointed himself judge and jury over what everyone else had to say and, to this blogger, represented all of those niggling question marks about BBC impartiality (or lack of). We thought we might like listening to what he had to say. We didn't.
Our Rating: 0/12
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