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To love Harriet Harmen....

104 replies

YellowTulips · 04/05/2013 01:22

Was her determination not to let a "certain historian" patronise the rest of the panel amazing? Also thought Victoria Coren was fab .

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Illustrationaddict · 04/05/2013 02:28

Victoria Coren was much better at putting that historian in his place. What an ejit

DonDrapersAltrEgoBigglesDraper · 04/05/2013 02:34

Not in the UK, which historian?

Illustrationaddict · 04/05/2013 02:52

David Starkey

Joiningthegang · 04/05/2013 06:46

I thought that too - and lovely to see so many women in the panel - shame they put that idiot with them - he is soooo annoying. All the

Joiningthegang · 04/05/2013 06:47

Women were great

Chipstick10 · 04/05/2013 07:10

I love david starkey, always good value for money.

theodorakisses · 04/05/2013 07:14

I hate her

LittlePeaPod · 04/05/2013 08:23

Yes YABU... She has done nothing for women and tried to take credit for other peoples endeavours... I can't stand her... She instantly makes me Angry..

DublinMammy · 04/05/2013 08:48

She is vile, YABU

meditrina · 04/05/2013 08:51

No. I thought she came across badly.

It shows she doesn't understand the true insidious unfairness of nepotism. And that she spouts bollox - only a couple of weeks after Thatcher's death and she was complaining about "no women" in the House when she arrived there?

Does she have total 'foot in mouth' disease, or does she just expect her audience to be totally uncritical to the point of denseness?

grovel · 04/05/2013 08:57

She's ghastly. Smug to the nth degree.

Triumphoveradversity · 04/05/2013 09:08

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Xiaoxiong · 04/05/2013 09:38

My friend who works for a (labour) MP calls her Harriet Harperson and says that's the depth of her feminist credentials (ie. none at all).

hiddenhome · 04/05/2013 09:44

She's awful Sad

TerrysAllGold · 04/05/2013 09:46

She's one of the most ghastly, self serving people I have ever had the displeasure of meeting.

HollyBerryBush · 04/05/2013 09:49

Responsible for continuing to drive the break up of the family. Loathesome woman.

Sallyingforth · 04/05/2013 09:55

Ghastly woman. We call her Harridan Herman.
But she's not the only one. Unfortunately it seems that women need to be like that to succeed in politics.

TheSecondComing · 04/05/2013 10:00

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ZenNudist · 04/05/2013 10:03

I admire her and would prefer her to be running the labour party but I don't think she has the charisma to be PM.

I think you have to be a bit if a weasel to be in politics in the first place.

It is hard to be a woman in politics & people judge you differently from the men.

David starkey was in turns odious & ... er ... right (a bit). He made some good points but in a pompous manner. I think he came across as someone trying to entertain. It's a debate show FFS!

twofingerstoGideon · 04/05/2013 10:04

I agree with The Second Coming.

TerrysAllGold · 04/05/2013 10:06

Your comment is based on what science or research, TheSecondComing?

LadyBeagleEyes · 04/05/2013 10:10

I saw that Question Time.
David Starkey was dreadful and utterly patronising to all the women on the panel
I've nothing against HH, and I thought she and the other woman were very good against such rudeness.
I love Shirley Williams though.

Sallyingforth · 04/05/2013 10:10

Just to add that I exclude Shirley Williams from my generalisation. We could do with a few younger versions of her.

Donkeyswife · 04/05/2013 10:11

Yes I agree, I think Harriet Harmen is great as was Victoria Coren. Anyone know where VC got her dress from? Gorgeous. David Starkey - what a p**ck. Silly uptight public schoolboy.

AuntieStella · 04/05/2013 10:15

Starkey is always a pompous git. You don't have to "hate other women" to think Harman's answer to that comment was dreadful and shallow. She's had a very privileged background, and it is wrong for her to try to airbrush it out.