tonight's tv debate

Amber Rudd's elderly father died on Monday. Mrs May told her that another cabinet member would stand in but Amber chose to carry on. So I imagine her diction is secondary consideration.

Linnieg yesterday.

It was reported Amber Rudd chose to take part after May said someone else could take her place .

How nasty this election is, here on one thread we have a bereavement used to attack May and a speech impediment mocked.

What was it Corbyn saud when he became leader - he wanted a different style of politics, he succeeded. Aggression, bullying, mockery

Come off it, roses. Most people get a week off when a close relative dies.
May would have been given a lot more kudos if she had done that instead of allowing Rudd to go on and be laughed at.

(Farron wins the inaugural Snap burn emoji award for biggest audience laughter of the night. Rudd came second, with the self-inflicted: “I would say, judge us on our record.”)
From the Guardian, being a Guardian reading leftie.

Lazigirl
Varian this is just speculation on your part as we can't know what conversation went on between May and Rudd, so you are using the man's death as a stick to beat May with.Cheap shot indeed.

I feel sorry for Amber Rudd. Her fathef died on Monday. A caring boss would have told her to take the rest of the week off and volunteered to step in herslf. Instead the poor woman was left trying to defend her boss's dreadful record whilst her boss hid somewhere.

Whether you thought it was a good debate or not seems very much to depend on what side you supported as far as I can see listening to political commentary. It did get a bit shouty at times because there were 7 participants. Yes rosesarered am shocked, had a sheltered upbringing.

It was not a good debate, and as for the Royal walk about by Corbyn when he left the building, cringe.

I can't pronounce my r's either and find it very embarrassing when someone points it out, even at the age of 66!

How anyone can say this was a good debate is as obviously 'unbiased' as the BBC and its specially picked audience.

I have to use sub titles when dramas from the north are on tv, I don't understand the accents, I certaintly don't ridicule people because of their accents and certaintly wouldn't because of a speech impediment.

Hypocrisy, bang away here every day about disabled suffering and chikdren not being educated yet mock a speech impediment

The new caring Corbyn party

According to today's Telegraph, Amber Rudds father died just 48 hours before last nights debate so less of the mocking please.

Well Maybot was clearly having a re-boot so The Hand was sent in instead. Handbot had clearly not been programmed too well as she kept repeating herself, talking about the magic money tree. She is obviously stuck on the Enid Blyton form of politics, but it went over the head of most.

She will also have some explaining to do to the Supreme Leader Maybot as Handbot talked about "My manifesto" - big error!!!

With thanks to John Grace

I didn't hear all of tonight's debate but I thought Tim Farron spoke very well and convincingly on a debate a few nights ago.

Well, I was very impressed with Tim Farron tonight and everything he said made perfect sense to me. Why is it ok, by the way, to ridicule how he speaks and yet pounce on someone who points out that others don't have perfect diction?

Nor can my granddaughter Jalima . I hate to think that some numpty is going to consider her inarticulate or thick or just not able to speak properly because of it. Can't believe an adult would have made a speech impediment a reason to ridicule someone.

Not being able to pronounce 'r's properly is often a sign of an upmarket education, rather than a speech impediment.

That's rubbish.

Anything wrong with saying that?
Yes because it was implied as a criticism of something over which she may not have any control.

A member of our family cannot pronounce her r's properly either.

I think that's what is referred to as "drip feeding ", isn't it?

Yes durhamjen there is a lot wrong with that, and you know it.

So an upmarket boarding school lines up pupils and instructs them to speak like Jonathan Woss?

I am partially deaf in one ear and totally deaf in the other.
I could understand everyone but Rudd, because of the way she purses her mouth and pronounces her 'r's.
So I had to put subtitles on so I could understand her.
Anything wrong with saying that?
Any objections?

I didn't watch it all but what I did see was mostly a shouting match. Why is Angus Robertson always angry?

Picking on a speech impediment ? Shameful

Not being able to pronounce 'r's properly is often a sign of an upmarket education, rather than a speech impediment

Tosh!

dj when in a hole......

Rudd can't pronounce her 'r's' properly .

Cheap shot.