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Wooooh! Go Justine!

26 replies

SpeedyGonzalez · 24/04/2010 13:27

Currently listening to Any Questions on R4...she got rapturous applause from the audience.

You do us proud, girl, you do us proud.

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SpeedyGonzalez · 24/04/2010 13:45

Am I the only one listening? J's doing a marvellous job. Got the audience eating out of her hand...

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onebatmother · 24/04/2010 13:55

NO You're not the only one - doing us proud indeed. When's the next general election after this, I wonder?

What does that infuriating Tory mean by 'only one who's had time to watch South Park'. Silly woman.

onebatmother · 24/04/2010 13:56

I did agree with Menzies on the religious provocation thingie though.

hannahsaunt · 24/04/2010 13:59

Me too ; thought she did really well.

fotheringhay · 24/04/2010 14:04

Tremendous! She's my new hero.

onebatmother · 24/04/2010 14:05

Lots of clapping and cheering for Our Juzza!

WebDude · 24/04/2010 14:12

A link for anyone who missed the programme

FromGirders · 24/04/2010 14:13

Yes, she's done a great job of representing mums.

monkeysavingexpertdotcom · 24/04/2010 14:16

Also thought Justine was good. Am I right in thinking the stats about the percentages of immigrants cf non-immigrants who stay in education up to 18 went a bit wrong?
I think Caroline Spelman had a couple of digs at Justine actually, but I may have been wrong - the South Park one, and one about sports commentating - thought she didn't do that any more?

WebDude · 24/04/2010 14:34

daft mention of sports commentating somewhere after 20m into programme... I guess CS didn't listen carefully enough to JD's introduction.

policywonk · 24/04/2010 14:38

I listened last night Loved the answers on PR and on immigration/St George's Day. Fantastic stuff.

edam · 24/04/2010 14:51

Justine did us proud. Agree Spelman seemed rattled with those little digs.

WebDude · 24/04/2010 15:00

Interesting to hear J properly credited as co-founder (unlike the TV show the other day, which said founder, though I agree there can be lots of 'founders' the name makes it sound like a solo act!)

EggyAllenPoe · 24/04/2010 15:01

i am very at justine for going on this, as has been a long standing ambition of mine (do i aim too low?)

missed it as my kids were having one of Those Mornings. more highlights please ladies?

Pennies · 24/04/2010 15:03

I caught this too. Agree that Spelman was a bit snide.

Pennies · 24/04/2010 15:04

Forgot to ask - Justine - go on spill the beans - who got lagered in the pub beforehand, then...?

EggyAllenPoe · 24/04/2010 15:34

ooh..listening on listen again.

good answer on St Georges Day J! exactly what i think it is about. and beer. and sitting in the garden with the DCs....

EggyAllenPoe · 24/04/2010 15:38

hypocritical from Jack Straw... does anyone else remember when that Afghani plane with 24 women aboard set down in the UK, he immediately said they'd all be sent home (which is a direct ignoring of whatever rights they could claim as potential asylum sekers) - tolerance indeed..

animula · 24/04/2010 16:22

You were great, Justine.

edam · 24/04/2010 19:04

Eggy, was that the plane that had been hijacked? If it is that one, I think Jack Straw was being perfectly reasonable - you can't encourage hijackers, for heaven's sake.

fizzledrizzle · 24/04/2010 19:16

you mean this?

EggyAllenPoe · 24/04/2010 19:19

it was pre-emptory of the procedure - those women had the right to asylum (anyone who knows anything about the lives of women under the Taliban would agree)

evidently he didn't know, or care...

edam · 25/04/2010 11:13

According to that story, the only case to succeed was that of a man. It's not about saving women from the Taliban.

policywonk · 25/04/2010 11:31

Labour have behaved appallingly towards asylum seekers, though. Especially the detention issue. It's one area where I feel they've really let themselves down.

policywonk · 25/04/2010 11:33

... and the LibDem policy of letting asylum seekers work (and amnesty for illegal immigrants already in the country) is one of the big things in their favour from my POV.