Sharpe's Opinion
Tuesday, 8th Dec, 2009
House of Comments No. 7: ‘Sympathy For Malcolm Tucker’
The latest edition of the House of Comments podcast is here, featuring everybody’s favourite Labour blogger and Doctor Who aficionado Tom Harris MP (no, really!) and the ever-delightful Charlotte Gore.
We ditched the ‘here’s some topics we’re going to talk about’ format this week; instead just hitting record and chatting about politics. I think it worked really well and helped relax the tone of the recording.
We ended up covering a wide range of stuff, too – planted questions at PMQs; the negativity of anonymous commenters; the future of partisan blogging; electoral reform (again) and ongoing ‘class warfare’ were all among the topics that came up. There was also some mild spoilers for The Thick Of It and In The Loop at the end – I hope you don’t mind!
As usual, you can download the MP3 directly, listen in the web player, or subscribe to the podcast using iTunes or indeed the RSS reader of your choice.
Loved the new format. Tom Harris was terrific – even managed to win over an old Tory bird! I’m left feeling worried about Charlotte’s safety and peace of mind – it’s a stark reminder of the extent to which modern society is disturbed. If the current animosity towards our established politicians results in these people gaining more of a voice, we’re in trouble. Would it help if our PM did “everything in his power” to prevent it?
Sharpe's Mum
December 12, 2009 at 6:58 am