31 January 2007

You just can't get the staff nowadays...

This afternoon, I have the doubtful pleasure of watching Holyrood Live on BBC2. This used to be presented by Iain Macwhirter or the wee fat guy (whose name I can never remember), both of whom at least gave the appearance of knowing what they were talking about.

Now, however, it is presented by the unfortunate Louise Stewart who persists in waving her pen at her interviewees while asking her pre-planned questions. I always expect one of her interviewees to tell her in no uncertain terms to put her pen down, to clasp her hands together and to sit up straight before asking her questions. Regrettably, none of them ever does...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, the standard of interviewing around Scottish Politics has been poor for a while...

Assuming we have one of those leaders debates (which is by no means a guarantee as it may be seen as too democratic for some of the parties), but who would you like to see fronting it?

We can maybe get a mini-poll on the go here....

I think Brian Taylor shades it over a Dimbleby for me.


Any other suggestions?

Dave said...

As long as it's not Jackie Bird...

Anonymous said...

It's got to be Ponso.