These are my observations on an evening of watching TV election coverage. There are fundamental shifts in politics and election coverage in evidence from these elections over previous recent elections, and they are phenomenally important for UK society.

I apologise for the slightly scatty way that they appear, but trying to be up with current events outweighs a more closely worked piece.  So I’ll break it up into Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3

Part 1: Views on BBC’s election night Question Time programme

• Padddy Ashdown [LibDem panjandrum] was windy, overly self regarding, and without humility.
• Des Browne [Secretary of state for Defence & Scotland] was dull, lifeless and an example of the poverty of talent in the Labour administration running the country. 
• Polly Toynbee [Guardian journalist], the personification of political correctness and left-wing intellectual hauteur, was woolly, defensive and ill at ease with arguments from Richard Littlejohn.
• William Hague [Conservative shadow Foreign Secretary] was self effacing, sharp, and humourous,  arguing with easy clarity and effectiveness. A strong performance.
• Richard Littlejohn [Daily Mail journalist] was forthright, uncompromising and wonderfully delivered his arguments a full-frontal attack mode.

 

The best bit of the programme was:

• Richard Littlejohn right corker of a rejoinder to Polly Toynbee, quite knocked her out of her stride, and had her spluttering. Richard will be dining out on this one for quite some time, I’m sure.