Surely the most satisfying 17 seconds of Question Time you’ll watch this week or any week
To the studios of BBC1’s Question Time now – no, stick with us – where the line-up of panellists included Rod Liddle, the Sun and Sunday Times columnist who once suggested the general election be held on a Muslim holy day to deter Muslim s from voting.
The Spectator associate editor was in full-on controversialist mode, suggesting poverty had no impact on people’s mental health.
And we mention it not because of what Liddle had to say but because of what this audience member – a therapist called Angela – had to say in response. And it had everyone cheering.
Angela, “I’m a therapist, I work in a school, so I know what I’m talking about. Rod, if you think mental health has nothing to do with poverty, can I suggest you live in poverty for six months and you a free session and we’ll chat about your mental health” #BBCQT pic.twitter.com/6GmyaY05qg
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) March 21, 2024
Bravo!
A big round of applause for this https://t.co/uVYZNalIsZ
— LiLi️ (@thommoteach) March 22, 2024
The smirk says it all , never lived that life . Everyone that has still bears the scars . I despise people like that , at least show some empathy .
— Rob (@robertthorpe10) March 21, 2024
Rod Liddle completely owned #ToriesOut623 #SunakOut513 #GeneralElectionNow #Sunackered #UnitedAgainstTheTories #Starmer4PM #ToriesDestroyingOurCountry https://t.co/1HLrmDdDVf
— dave lawrence (@dave43law) March 21, 2024
Poverty is a defining factor in mental health, social disengagement, proximity to crime, healthcare etc. I work with schools UK-wide; it’s very telling that the most clued up schools on trauma informed practice and ACEs are the ones in areas of high deprivation. https://t.co/M918zfjrWe
— Jeffrey Boakye (@jeffreykboakye) March 22, 2024
My fabulous friend Angela- the voice of reason!!!!
— Elizabeth Price (@lizziep73) March 21, 2024
It is now the rule for Question Time that to be on the panel it is compulsory to know nothing at all so that the members of the audience can inform you. https://t.co/6rkHYeFxU3
— Ben Phillips (@benphillips76) March 21, 2024
Glad to see a therapist on TV arguing the significance of the relationship between poverty and mental health. Don’t know who Angela is but I’m happy to see her on QT. https://t.co/2veD8Pzcfg
— Erin Stevens (@aclientfirst) March 22, 2024
To conclude …
Someone call the authorities.
I’d like to report a murder.
That of Rod Liddle’s reputation, at the hands of an audience member on Question Time.#bbcqt #bbcquestiontime #questiontimepic.twitter.com/uBfFdyrzDZ
— Rick O’Shea (@RickOShea54321) March 21, 2024
Source @implausibleblog
