Yes indeed GolfCharlie, but Saudis bombed the Twin Towers and the Saudi regime are bombing Yemeni civilians. Both Sunnis and Shiites are as bad as each other. Let them murder each other; they will anyway. Why do we arm one side and condemn the other?

May 11, 2018 at 3:11 PM | Supertroll

No idea, but ........

The lifting of sanctions against Iran may have relieved some suffering amongst the population of Iran, but it has financed war, terrorism and civil unrest outside of Iran in the Middle East. Refugees from the conflict have flooded out, and into the EU, which welcomed them as Climate Refugees. This refugee crisis is featured in the EU media, and is fuelling resentment towards the EU.

Iran's growing interference and influence is scaring the Middle East, and the majority of Moslems. Israel are not happy, but the EU remains confident that Iran has no WMD capability.

I didn't watch it either GolfCharlie, but did anyone mention how the USA, UK, Saudi,Turkey and others have been financing the wars in Syria?

Mailman

It is abundantly clear that illiberal authoritarian folk are behind the Sentencing Council proposals and they are drafting the scope to be as wide and arbitrary as to be useful to suppress any utterances that they don't like. There is obviously an active group behind this kerrapp - Alison Saunders the PC head of CPS is in there .....

Make the definition of a crime as wide as you like and the tariff on conviction up to 6 years ? - given that they volunteer that 85% of the stuff is presently dealt with by summary justice (Magistrate Court) where most people will fold in the face of the state - one has to wonder if this is a bit of nest lining for the judiciary in addition to to being shit law. Anything with a sentencing tariff over 6 months goes to Crown Court and an extra £20K +++ goes into m'learned friends accounts.

Uibhist a Tuath & golf charlie
I watched it, The main support for President Trump came from two young members of the audience both to the point and well informed. As for the rest they clearly did not study President Trumps very (IMHO) valid reasons for saying it is a bad deal and none of the Panel mentioned the fact that lifting sanctions did on improve the lot of the Iranian people but financed military action abroad. There was a full insight in the following programme This Week where the issues were properly aired. Dimbley was his usual biased self interrupting in mid flow anyone with whom he clearly disagreed. He does not seem to appreciate the role of a Chairman. I thought overall it was a useless panel, which seems the norm now. I cannot recall when a strong supporter of Brexit (i.e. Nigel Farage, Boris Jonson, Michael Gove etc) was on, they have had other cabinet ministers on so why not them.

May 11, 2018 at 11:40 AM | Uibhist a Tuath

I didn't watch it, but did anyone mention how Iran has been financing the wars in Syria?

I watched some of Question Time last night for the first time in many a long year. It doesn't seem to have improved that much, although there didn't seem to be as much interrupting of speakers either by other panelists or the audience as I remember.

I was very impressed by Akala who I'd never heard of until last night, I'm male old and white which probably explains that, although not agreeing with all his views and opinions he was well prepared thoughtful and very good on the non-interruption front. On the other hand Chloe Westley of the Taxpayers Alliance seemed unable to let anyone else finish what they were trying to say, doing herself no favours in my eyes. The programme is relatively short with a chairman who likes the sound of his own voice and one too many panelists and I want to hear what they have to say without interruptions diverting them.

Anti-Trump (USA) and general left wing bias in the audience was as evident as I remember. Particularly when Chloe Westley suggested President Trump might be due for the Noble Peace Prize if the Koreas come to some sort of peace agreement after being at war for almost 70 years. if the Iranians also decide that they are dealing with a USA that means what it says and has unstinting support for Israel and make stability in the Middle East a bit closer then he will be a more deserving recipient than many in recent years. It is unlikely that any of the hecklers of the idea in last nights programme will change their minds.

So I won't make a point of watching it again in a hurry, all the old failings are still there.