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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"I am quite pleased those bombers aren't in RAF Fairford anymore because Trump's war... has unleashed economic chaos here. They've started a war they can't now end. I don't want the UK to be complicit in that in any way." ~ Kevin Maguire #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"It's my understanding that the triple lock was introduced because pensions had fallen behind wages. Now, pensions are ahead of wages. So, what's the sense in keeping it? That's what I don't understand." ~ Audience member #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"You've heard Tory MPs announce this policy before...[but] frankly, there's no evidence to suggest unemployed people spend all their money on fags & booze... It'll never happen & it's just a way of you saying, you don't like poor people." Jonathan Reynolds MP #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"When they talk about this 'P Doom', the probability of doom... it's 10% some of these people say... I wouldn't engage in any activity where there's a 10% chance of death, so yeah I'm pretty concerned." ~ Audience member. #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

In that post-match interview with Harry Kane, I wish they'd asked him: "Is he the Messiah?"...

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

"I can't do anything unless I'm lucky enough to get the support of people here. But if I get your support, I would seek to represent you at the highest possible level & give this constituency maximum power & influence." ~ @andyburnham.bsky.social #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

"We are going to see unemployment rising in the next 2 to 3 years. Some sectors will see 20, 30%... But that's not a challenge of AI; that's a... choice of the capitalists who run businesses that will choose to reduce costs" - Mo Gawdat #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

"Do you really think [supermarkets] are voluntarily going to cut their profit margins [for food price caps]? They'll pass it on to the ppl that are dependent on selling the products to the supermarkets & it's them that'll end up out of pocket" Audience member #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"It is a symptom of the difficulty Labour find itself in that the person who is the toughest and smartest [candidate for PM / Labour leader] is the person who has been ruled out as a potential successor." ~ Michael Gove #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I can't watch #BBCQT live, so I'm doing my #JohnDrawsBBCQT artwork early! I see @rachelmillward.bsky.social is on the panel - so I'm drawing her from last week's appearance! Hopefully she'll mention my friend Chris Ogden @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social who was elected as a councillor! @greenparty.org.uk

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

"I don't think we'll ever be able to eliminate hate – that's a kind of a false dream. But what we need to do is lead by example... We need to figure out how our politicians can lead by example." ~ Audience member. #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

"Barrels of oil from the North Sea, or from anywhere else, are traded on a global market by these global corporations… they don't care about the communities and will cut and run when it is convenient for them to do so." ~ @gillianmackaygreen.bsky.social #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

"How long will I need to live to see meaningful growth in the UK economy?" ~ Audience member. #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

"If [the government] spent more care with our nation's mental health, that would improve everything. It would help people get back to work… make people more productive… there would be better connection in our communities." ~ @laylamoran.bsky.social #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

"This is an illegal war and we should have absolutely nothing to do with any offensive activity whatsoever... We've been here before... dragged into forever wars in the Middle East by reckless US presidents." ~ @joshbabarinde.bsky.social #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

"I would say, and I feel this strongly, don't send your sons to finish a war that politicians start." ~ @kayburley.bsky.social #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

"We're being dragged into a war with no clear objectives… The real reason for this attack is spectacle. [Trump] wants to be the centre of attention… This war has no basis in international law whatsoever." @georgemonbiot.bsky.social #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

"Immigration is constantly used by political parties for masking years & years of infrastructure [problems]... It is not the fault of immigration - it is the fault of spending & poor money management." ~ Tom Kerridge #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

"This represents potentially the most serious crisis for the Royal family since the abdication of Edward VIII… and of course, if this case comes to a trial, it will be Rex vs Mountbatten-Windsor: big brother vs little brother." ~ @jonsopel1.bsky.social #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

"[When I was a Tory MP] I didn't put my own personal ambition before the country." ~ Nadine Dorries (who, totally unrelatedly, was on "I’m a Celebrity" in 2012 while Parliament was still sitting & was suspended for being absent from constituency duties) #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

"My 3-yr course [in 2012]: £9k/yr tuition + I have a maintenance loan. I left uni with about £37.5k of debt… From the day I started, I was charged interest… the amount of interest I have accrued is £32k. Is that fair? No, I don't think it is." ~ Oli Dugmore #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

"How can anyone think Reform are a party of change when they only appear to be a care home for old Tories?" - Question from Simon (audience member) #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

"I'm very disappointed to hear Donald Trump said that about people like myself, who served in Iraq in 2003. I can promise you I was very close to that front line... and I saw things I don't want to see ever again." ~ Audience member #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

"When I listen to politicians talk about the benefit system, it's very clear they don't use it and haven't had very much direct experience with it. The misinformation about how the benefit system works is shocking to me." ~ Angela Haggerty #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

You're very welcome! I hope you liked it! 😊😊😊

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

"I've seen these boats come ashore in front of me... it's very sad the way that we have very little care for other people. We're all humans at the end of the day, and I find it very sad that we have little compassion." ~ audience member. #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

"The 2008 financial crisis really exposed the lack of productivity in the British economy in areas other than the city and financial services. And the truth is that no government has sorted that out since." ~ @sonia-sodha.bsky.social #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

"One doesn't know how one will behave in a pandemic until one finds oneself in a pandemic... However, I think we were in the very unfortunate position of having Boris Johnson in charge at the time." Zoe Lyons #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

"I don't think anyone should take lectures from [a former minister of] a government, that presided over a decade and a half of austerity, about the state of our prisons or any other public service." ~ Paul Nowak @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #bbcquestiontime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

"Why did we have an explosion in the number of asylum hotels in the country? Why did we have all this strife and division in communities? It's because the last government effectively gave up on processing asylum claims." ~ Lisa Nandy @lisanandymp.bsky.social #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #bbcquestiontime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

"I just don't know when we started dehumanising people to the extent that we do now. I find it really shocking." ~ @mariellafrostrup.bsky.social #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

Ink fineliner portrait of Mariella Frostrup on the BBC Question Time panel on 23rd October 2025, drawn by John Soonaye

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

"I work in the public sector very closely with local authorities, the NHS, the police… we've seen years and years of cuts to funding for services for people that need them." "Would you be prepared to pay more taxes to [solve] that?" "Yes." #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

"We've had 14 years of Conservative austerity. They shut our libraries. They shut our community centres. And then to say integration is the problem. How do you expect people to integrate if you've taken away their services?" ~ @zackpolanski.bsky.social #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

"[Keir Starmer] is struggling explain to people that the reason you're on a housing waiting list, the NHS is underfunded & your child can't get a special school place is not because of immigrants - it's successive governments" - Aoife Moore #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

Portrait artwork of journalist and author Aoife Moore's appearance on BBC Question Time panel, drawn in ink fineliner by John Soonaye

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

"You're suggesting that by leaving the ECHR, this will solve all the problems. Well, we bought a 'leave everything' arguement off your party before and it didn't quite work out... A lot of people have buyer's remorse." ~ @billybragg.bsky.social #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

A line drawing portrait artwork of Billy Bragg on Question Time drawn by John Soonaye

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I've finished a new textile art project: a portrait of Deadpool made from fabric scraps and thread... on a piece of curtain! It's bigger than life-size too (pencil for scale in the 3rd picture)! #Deadpool #TextileArt #Sewing #textiles #art #artist

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

"A fair and just peace is the end of Russian aggression, the pulling out of all Russian troops and going back to Ukraine's 1991 borders." ~ Lesia Vasylenko #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

"If we're talking about deceptions, the big deception is that GDP could be seen as a measure of our well-being." ~ @georgemonbiot.bsky.social #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Did the double "Christmas Rickman" tonight: Love Actually AND Die Hard!!! 🎄🎬

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

It's the 1st December!!! Happy advert everyone! The perfect day to share my Christmas movie advent calendar! I've drawn 24 of my favourite festive films! See if you can name them all!! Merry Christmas! 🌲🎁♥️🥰🤗 #MerryChristmas #AdventCalendar

Movie advent calendar drawn by John Soonaye

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