To *heart* Ken Loach?

[madamimadam]

On Newsnight right now. To Michael Heseltine: 'I don't know how you have the gall to sit here. You and your clique ruined this country's industrial base.'

(This bloomin' week. It's taken me from lurker to poster to threadstarter. Too bloody quickly, I'll be bound.)

Oh yeah. I'm starting a new thread about the undeserving rich.

Join me, comrade crypto-communist claptrapistras!

I know - He was wonderful! Managed to keep calm as well with Heseltine ranting away losing the plot

chap!

Oh, for so many reasons I heart Ken Loach too! >looks lovingly at DVD shelf

He was very impressive and rang rings around MH.
YANBU

'crypto-communist-claptrapistas'

I know. And the weakest thing of all is that I would never have thought I had it in me. Would always have said I was 'right of centre'. But now? Gloves are really off, aren't they?

I thought he was fantastic with Heseltine. (Though Paxman was also on good form, with Hunt on CB. One of the best Newsnights in ages.) When Ken Loach said 'so you're more or less bribing the rich to stay and saying the poor should put up with it' I almost rose to my feet to applaud.

Madamimadam. (Middle)class warrior since erm...23.02

Yes, love it when Paxman does his leaning forward act. He's spotted a weak one in Hunt though

Michael Crick also very good on exposing Cameron's twisting off Ed Balls' comments. (Need to be careful with apostrophes on that sentence) Very satisfying Newsnight tonight

I can't stand Ken Loach. I used to work with him and he always comes out with a load of drippy drivel from some unreal universe. Lovely skipping about the communal sunlit fields, but shockingly naive.

Shame, because Kes is one of my favourite films. MH didn't say much in return, not on form for him. But he is right about 'bribing the rich to stay' - of course that's what happens. That is the real world and I know at least two mega richies who would have left if Labour had got in again. They do it easily since their property and business makes them international anyway. At the moment they pay tax here and they do employ hundreds of people too, the bastards.

Hunt's an echo chamber of a man, isn't he?

And, tbh, KittyF, I don't mind if he comes out with some 'drippy drivel' - it was just refreshing to hear someone say what he said to MH.

As for 'the real world'. Well. I'm just glad to hear that your 'mega richies' pay their taxes. How very refreshing. Mine do too. But then they have shockingly bad accountants

I wish he had said something refreshing but it was the same old same old stuff you get form his crowd. Refreshing would have been good.

Anyway, I was struck by how DH is looking like Paxman's skinny twin these days. That wasn't refreshing either. Surely Newsnight could have found someone more dynamic than dreary old Ken Loach?