Thread by @thefreepress2

On tonight's Question Time a mere 3 out of 5 panellists attended Oxbridge!

4 out of 6 if we include Fiona Bruce...

Representative debate in a modern democracy!

Read on for more analysis of #bbcqt

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We'll start with Victoria Atkins, this week's Tory MP

Privately educated and the daughter of Sir Robert Atkins, a former Conservative MP, and Lady Dulcie Atkins, Victoria comes from the heart of Establishment privilege

No wonder she's voted for things like... /2

"Consistently voted against measures to prevent climate change"

"Consistently voted for mass surveillance of people’s communications and activities"

"Consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system" /3

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theyworkforyou.com/mp/25424/victo…

"Consistently voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits"

BUT

"Consistently voted for reducing the rate of corporation tax"

Need we say more? /4

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Up for Labour is Jess Phillips, a woman so dedicated to countering gender-based violence and hate speech she said of Jeremy Corbyn:

"I won’t knife you in the back – I’ll knife you in the front.” /5

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Hilariously, Phillips went on to criticise Corbyn for "nonsense about de-selection...you’ve got the stop the infighting.”

She's now on Keir Starmer's shadow cabinet, which:
- interferes in mayoral elections
- bans branch discussions
- expels members

independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

Starmer's approval at an all-time low and when does the slide start?

October, when he divided the party with his hugely controversial decision to suspend the previous party leader /7

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So much for Labour unity - presumably Kirsten Oswald of the SNP can sympathise

Apparently, there has been some controversy in the SNP recently but haven't heard MUCH about it in the UK press, have you? 🤔

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Mark Carney is a former Governor of the Bank of England

Educated at Harvard then Oxford, he is the second of tonight's guests (after Victoria Atkins) to come through Oxbridge #bbcqt

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The third is Ian Hislop, doing his best (for 20+ years) to counter the BBC's supposed reliance on left-wing comics

Hislop may be conservative with a small "c", but programmes like "Ian Hislop's Olden Days" and "Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip" emphasise he's no radical

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Another great week for #bbcqt balance then!

66% Oxbridge
0 voices from the left (Phillips is centrist)
Privileged Tory MP and free market banker ensuring the usual slant towards neoliberal economics

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