One quick answer to why I didn’t get the flak at Edinburgh from John Nicholson, writing in the Mirror and calling for a revolution among the audience that he describes as “a sleepy and consenual crowd.” 

“Everyone at least pretends to be on the same side, or isn’t interested, has no opinion or doesn’t care and its about as vibrant as custard. There is rarely real debate.”

He’s definitely half right. Afterwards, a elderly lady approached and said: “You wouldn’t be talking like that if you’d lived in Spain under Franco.”

Great point, but why didn’t she say it out loud during the session.