ITN looking for people with debt stories for a TV discussion

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

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She's a complete idiot

Really?

How do you know she is complete?

For all you know. she could have some bits missing.

[Inca]

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As promised,,I was happily in the Land of Nod when this programme aired,,and the comments here just confirm my decision.

[PlanB]

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According to her web s(h)ite - link - she actually completed basic training at Sandhurst.

According to Wikipedia - link - and an interview published by the Grauniad - link - she did not.


How much of her sponsorship money has she repaid?

Wow Cloggy you have the makings of a brilliant investigative journalist, although I think you may also have a career as an Agent Provocateur *

* that's a private joke

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

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According to her web s(h)ite - link - she actually completed basic training at Sandhurst.

According to Wikipedia - link - and an interview published by the Grauniad - link - she did not.

After A-levels she signed a 35-year contract with the intelligence corps, who sponsored her through an economics degree at Exeter University, where she spent her weekends with the Territorial Army ... before arriving at Sandhurst.

But Hopkins' military career came to an abrupt end days before the passing out ceremony ... it transpires that she had an epileptic seizure on the parade square. "It's not something I talk about," she says quickly, "because I see it as a failing. So it does annoy me a little bit when people say 'she failed at the forces', but of course I never respond. I never say why, because it sounds like an excuse, and I won't have that. I won't have an excuse."

How much of her sponsorship money has she repaid?

[MrsD]

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you sure?

[Deepie]

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The marrow was this big?

Right answer .....

[oscar]

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And what dose M L think ?

The marrow was this big?

[Deepie]

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What gets to me with her is this "I am upper class" attitude.

She's a complete idiot, has no common sense, and just likes the sound of her own voice.

And come on - upper class? Do the upper classes really drop their knickers in a farmers field?

oscar......!!!!!!



And what dose M L think ?

[MrsD]

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they couldn't even get the facts right, they guy in the wheelchair actually had a job when he took out the debt, and then lost his job and got ill, something that has happened to lots of us but that useless presenter didn't actually say that, he concentrated on the debt, nothing about how the guy got to that point and that patronising horrified tone.eeeuuuuggghhh.

terrible television,

[oscar]

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What gets to me with her is this "I am upper class" attitude.

She's a complete idiot, has no common sense, and just likes the sound of her own voice.

And come on - upper class? Do the upper classes really drop their knickers in a farmers field?

[PriorityOne]

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As soon as I read that that the over-privileged tw@t that is Katie Hopkins was one there…. I didn't even bother with the programme.

You can usually gauge how something's going to go by the people involved in it.

[ken100464]

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Be interesting if Ben ever commented on here again seeing the general feeling we were all correct in staying away.

[pompeyfaith]

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Well it's partly down to the spiel you get sold by the researchers - Ben the author of this thread told me in no uncertain terms that the studio audience would be involved. 3 people were spoken to for less than a minute other than KH getting 22 minutes.....

To be fair if we did go we'd have kicked off at ITN as it was sold to us totally different to what we watched. What we actually did watch was nothing shy of abuse at debtors, which is why we exist - to stamp it out!!

Agree and I had more enjoyment reading your tweets Niddy.

[Never-In-Doubt]

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what were those peeps thinking of, agreeing to take part?

Well it's partly down to the spiel you get sold by the researchers - Ben the author of this thread told me in no uncertain terms that the studio audience would be involved. 3 people were spoken to for less than a minute other than KH getting 22 minutes.....

To be fair if we did go we'd have kicked off at ITN as it was sold to us totally different to what we watched. What we actually did watch was nothing shy of abuse at debtors, which is why we exist - to stamp it out!!

[MrsD]

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me too pomps, but a lost opportunity nevertheless

just reinforced the stereotypes, what were those peeps thinking of, agreeing to take part?