Hindsight
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They are clever. Same with Farage with his phone in LBC show
He is clever not to often cut folks off he disagrees with. The researchers clearly filter them, they let a few through with notes to him so he can give his pre-amble first (or rehearse his arguments) . He asks plenty of loaded questions or starts with "would the vast majority not agree that .....). It's hardly C4 News but nothing is as biased as James O'Brien's show the other way round.
It all sounds very reasonable from Corbyn but the Corbinistas and Momentum are not nice. Same with the Far Right
He and his ilk are very aware of the English language. They open with a closed question to control (funnel) the subsequent flow of the conversation, rarely use open questions. I am saddened every day listening to news journalist, especially the alpha male types such as John Humphreys who battles with this technique. Eddie Mair and Evan Davies with a gentler approach using open questions and the 80:20 rule of interviewee and interviewer get far more information out of interviewees. Most leading politicians just love closed questioning technique as it allows them to avoid the question. Although Humphreys and co think it makes them look big and strong.