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Question Time 3rd October 2024 The Panel: Ian Murray (Labour) Andrew Bowie (Conservative) Wendy Chamberlain (LibDems) Jenny Gilruth (SNP) Ian MacWhirter (Author & Coulmnist) Venue: Dundee Last time, QT Review HQ introduced Puffins to the [more…]

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27th September 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 26th September 2024 The Panel: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) Carla Denya (Green) Zia Yusuf (Reform UK) Venue: Milton Keynes Recent events in law have allowed the discerning reviewer to peer into [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

20th September 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 19th September 2024 The Panel: Lucy Powell (Labour) Graham Stewart (Conservative) Tim Farron (LibDem) Mariana Mazzucato (Economist) Jill Kirby (Journalist) Venue: Ashton-Under-Lyne The programme began with Fiona Bruce saying a very strange thing. [more…]

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Profession? Northerner!

13th September 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Last time we looked at the early career of Jimmy Tarbuck. We noted his success hinged upon – or was at least boosted by – a cheeky-chappy persona, quick wit, smart suits and a mop-top [more…]

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Review: Grace

10th September 2024 Going Postal 0

I watched ‘Grace’ last night. New series. Mainly because it was shot where I live. I recognise all the scene settings which makes it jar a bit when they walk down a street and turn [more…]

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Scandal After Midnight

6th September 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Busy times for Mrs Francis Killen. The adverts had been placed. The VIPs were on their way. The early weeks of 1960 saw her guests begin to converge on Merseyside. If her curly-wired bakelite GPO [more…]

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I’ve done my bit. The girls at work agreed to vote for Reform. I wrote the name of the candidate on their hands in biro so they knew who to find on the ballot paper. [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Leaders’ Debate Review

5th June 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

The French have a phrase for it. Don’t they always? Ce pays ici. As a literal translation, ‘this country of ours’. By idiom, a courtier’s name for the Versailles bubble of pre-revolutionary France. Lord Clark [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

17th May 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 16th May 2024 The Panel: Meghan Gallagher (Conservative) Anas Sarwar (Labour) Stephen Flynn (SNP) Alex Salmond (Alba) Iain Dale (Broadcaster) Venue: Aberdeen Meghan Gallacher is currently Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservatives and [more…]

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