Boris v Hunt debate

Hunt IS getting a grilling. Looks like AN has been told to show no mercy, good.

Hunt was excellent I thought, and Johnson the usual car crash in the AN interviews just on.

Agree about Johnson but JH was a nondescript figure who made no impression. Can't remember a single thing he said.

Hunt had better keep out of this oil debacle that's going on in the Straits of Hormuz !

They were both grilled. AN did pretty well I think.

As expected, Boris fudged, ducked and dived and tried to fillibuster. What's new?

AM wasn't going to let him get away with it though. Good for him!

AN...

Andrew Neil, he did well I thought.

I knew Andrew Neil would ace these interviews! He is forensic in his technique.

mcem regards JH surely the main thing to recall is that he is an ENTREPRENEUR!!

Still think he is ‘May in Trousers’

I thought Boris, although skewered by AN did well.

JH didn’t come over as being better than BJ in my opinion.

Oh well, over to the Conservative party members now for their votes!

I feel a bit miffed that these interviews came out of licence money when only Con party members can vote anyway. BBC catering for the Conservative Party only.

What does it matter what the rest of us think?

Neither are worthy of being PM but BJ dodged ALL questions AN asked, constantly talked over him - his usual blustering, pompous, cringe-worthy self. Can't stand the man!

I never thought I would care so much about this issue but it’s got my blood boiling! I can’t stand Boris, shuffling around like a shambling bear, hands in his pocket, smirking most of the time whilst he enjoys filling up the time, not answering any question, but saying “if I may say so” and other filling words. Going over old ground, anything, anything but giving an answer to the question. I though Andrew Neil was far harder on Hunt because he gave straightforward direct answers so AN was able to get far more shots in whereas Boris JUST NEVER STOPS TALKING! AN did go easier on him except for a few awkward moments. Oh I know Hunt isn’t ideal but far better surely. It’s just going to be embarrassing to have BJ as PM and will let a GE happen which will let the other lot in again! I’m getting very anxious about this, it’s not good for my blood pressure at all!

I can't believe how anybody can take Boris Johnson seriously. And this is the man who, if predictions come true, is going to represent our nation and negotiate a new deal with the EU. He behaved appallingly in the Andrew Neil debate. But this is BJ's modus operandi, i.e. bluff, lie, avoid answering questions, and if that doesn't work just use some bullying tactics. It will not go down well with the other 27 nations. They do have a say but sometimes I think we are forgetting that. I noticed that at one stage in the interview BJ said we would make a success of Brexit because ”we are British”. So that is all it takes then.

Gonegirl It's important for the rest of us to see exactly what both politicians are like. Even if the Tory party members had already voted before yesterday evening the rest of us need to see them in action for future reference.
As is usual BJ talked over AN who did a good job. Towardds the end I thought AN was either fed up or running out of steam and thought to himself that he'd just let BJ go ahead and hang himself. Which, IMO, he did.

He WONT be negotiating any deal with the EU ..they already said the deal has been done and they wont go back to it .Boris is a liability whatever he does ,his mouth runs away with him without what brain he might have being put in gear.Hunt ...well remember the Junior Doctors mess he caused ? Great candidates NOT

Sorry dinahmo. Can't see that all. Nothing we can do about which ones get in and once the chosen one is in at will be too late. I think it's wrong that less than half the population gets a say on the future pm. But nothing to be done.

I believe that over half the party members are still to vote so BJ's idiocy could be his undoing yet.

And then we'll be stuck with the weaker one.

Toss a coin?

I loved when AN asked Boris about paragraph 5C. Boris blustered in his usual manner saying several times that he would concentrate on paragraph 5B, then AN dealt his killer blow saying, ‘You don’t know what paragraph 5C is do you?’ Boris had to admit he didn’t. Priceless. Also when discussing the Nazanin situation with Iran which was made worse by Boris’s lack of research into the case AN rightly expressed concern that Boris’s lack of research might cause an international incident should he become PM.

Andrew Neil is the best political interviewer by a far, it is a shame his BBC programme has been relegated to a Podcast which few people will watch.

Gonegirl I was thinking about the future, should there be another referendum or a GE.

Any attempt by the next prime minister to suspend Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit is likely to end up in the Supreme Court, a Tory MP has said.

Sir Oliver Letwin told the BBC it was not clear whether MPs had the numbers to stop a no-deal Brexit themselves.

But if the government tried to get its way by by-passing Parliament, he said it would become a "legal question".

Campaigners say they will challenge any "prorogation" of Parliament to allow Brexit on 31 October without a deal.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48988419

Didn't watch it.. Can't stand either, Boris has never finished any job he started and just busters when asked questions and gives no real answer. Hunt, well what can I say, just look at what he did for the NHS so think what he can do for the country. God help us.

Hunt is as unpopular with medics as Gove is with teachers.

That does not mean that BJ should be inflicted on us.

I could never have imagined in a long lifetime of following poiltics that the UK could have ever got into such a dreadful mess.

How sad it is that two of our "top" politicians set about wrecking the morale of two of our most vital services: health and education. It makes me want to weep.

As to Johnson - the idea of him being prime minister is another cause for weeping.

Neither Johnson nor Hunt nor Corbyn is fir to be our PM.

We should not be dictated to by extremists of the right or of the left who would impose their will without a majority madate and against the best interests of the people.

We need to redesign our politics, our electoral system and our parliament building.

Our only hope for a better future is to stop this brexit nonsense and ask our politicians to work together for the good of the country.

'Labour and the Liberal Democrats have attacked the Conservatives for allowing youngsters as young as 15 to take part in the leadership race – while refusing to lower the voting age for the public to 16.

Cat Smith, Labour's voter engagement spokeswoman, told the Politics Home website: “It is hypocrisy for the Tory government to claim 16- and 17-year-olds aren’t mature enough to vote in elections, but not apply this rule to its own leadership contest.'

“If young Tories can be trusted to choose our next prime minister, then there is no logical reason why all 16- and 17-year-olds can’t have their say in the future of their country in a general election.