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has anyone else seen the car crash of an interview with Sarah Olney?

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Lucydogz · 03/12/2016 14:02

here
I must admit I enjoyed this - a clueless interviewee with an aggressive interviewer. But, reflecting on it afterwards, felt rather ashamed of myself and worried for the future of politics.
This clip will be on the internet forever. Even when Ms Olney matures as an MP, whenever someone googles her, this will pop up. 10 years ago, very few people would have heard it, and there wasn't the possibility of tweeting or FBing it.
Regardless of the issues in this particular interview, I feel pessimistic about the future of responsible democracy in the West. The Internet (including me) has created an echo chamber for any view that someone might wish to follow, and these echo chambers aren't necessarily well informed or responsible.
Sorry, this is a bit rambling, but I'd be interested to hear what others thought.

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Memoires · 06/12/2016 21:24

And as that's what JHB does, you might be forgiven for thinking that SO would have learnt some stock phrases to combat that as soon as the interview was scheduled.

And perhaps that should also be part of the 'training' given to PPCs as a matter course it is

niceguy2 · 06/12/2016 21:45

I think it's only fair to give SO a little leniency given she'd not even been a member of the Lib Dems 18 months ago and an MP for less than 24 hours.

I actually blame whoever thought setting this interview up would be a good idea. JHB's reputation precedes her so they should have known better really.

Suppermummy02 · 07/12/2016 09:44

Looks like the by-election result was dodgy.

The Lib Dems bought opposition support. £250,000 Bribe

MissMargie · 09/12/2016 11:30

I'd never heard of S Olney - I have now - all publicity is good if you are in the public eye

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