QUESTIONABLE TIME 2

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It was another of those editions of Question Time when the audience seemed to have been bussed in by the Labour Party, with a substantial minority of Lib Dem supporters for balance. There could have been perhaps as many as four Conservative supporters but there didn't sound to be any UKIP supporters! Well, at least that's how it seemed! The left-sided comments from the audience and the matching applause would suggests that, if they are a fair cross-section of the voting public - as the programme keeps saying they are, then the Conservatives will be lucky to hang on many of the seats they aleady hold never mind win any more! All this, of course, is nothing new for Question Time.
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With the audience and the rest of the panel against him, and the debate again and again turning on the Tories, David Dimbleby didn't even need to have a much of go at Michael Gove (though he twice told him to come to order. I've pointed out before that this almost always happens only to the right-of-centre guests on the show). Instead, he could concentrate on stopping Nigel Farage from speaking.
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Who got most time to speak?
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1. Michael Gove (Con) - 9 minutes 53 seconds
2. David Laws (LD) - 8 minutes 43 seconds
3. Ed Miliband (Lab) - 8 minutes 52 seconds
4. Shami Chakrabati (Liberty boss)- 5 minutes 13 seconds
5. John Sergeant (pro-Labour journalist) - 4 minutes 41 seconds
6. Nigel Farage (UKIP) - 4 minutes 28 seconds
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This was a ridiculously short amount of time for Mr Farage. Not only did David Dimbleby keep him out of the action for most of the programme, he also kept saying 'OK' - meaning 'OK, that's enough' and talking over the ends of his answers.
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Who received the most interruptions from David Dimbleby?
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1. Ed Miliband - 7
2. Nigel Farage - 5
3. John Sergeant - 4
4. Michael Gove - 4
5. David Laws - 3
6. Shami Chakrabati - 2
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Who scored the highest interruption coefficient?
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1. Nigel Farage - 1.17
2. John Sergeant - 0.91
3. Ed Miliband - 0.85
4. Michael Gove - 0.42
5. Shami Chakrabati - 0.39
6. David Laws - 0.36
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Who was asked the most supplementary questions by David Dimbleby?
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1. Ed Miliband - 8
2. David Laws - 5
3. John Sergeant - 5
4. Michael Gove - 4
5. Nigel Farage - 3
6. Shami Chakrabati - 2