It seems as if Daily Politics presenter Andrew Neil has finally met his match, as two passionate politically engaged guests quizzed the veteran BBC reporter about the opinion-dividing sugar tax.
And the cutting comments came from a rather refreshing source, in the form of two ten year old girls who made a strong – and very mature, well researched – case for the tax to go ahead.
As a part of CBBC show All Over the Workplace, primary school students Charlotte and Henrietta headed to the political headquarters along with presenter Alex Riley to put forth their two cents.
Charlotte and Henrietta ready to quiz Mr Neil
The former Sunday Times editor asks the girls whether they thought imposing the sugar tax was an example of a ‘nanny state,’ to which they offered a well considered response.
Charlotte from Wirral swiped in:
“Mr Neil. Do you remember on January 31st 1983, when seatbelts were made compulsory? It wasn’t a popular idea, people didn’t like it. But do you know how many lives it saved a year? 300 lives per year. Because the government did something. “
Zing!
And then equally impressive Henrietta from Worcester, added:
“If it saves lives and it’s helping the NHS, then I think we should be told what to do.”
To which their senior cheekily responded:
“When I was your age, and someone told me not to do something, that usually meant I tried to do it. “
“Maybe you weren’t educated properly enough about health and wellbeing,” responded Charlotte.
And in possibly the sassiest line to have ever been uttered, when asked why adults should listen to the likes of children, they answer:
“Don’t patronise me Mr Neil – with respect.”
Charlotte doesn't take his patronising comments sitting down.
And Henrietta chimes in: “we’ve done our research.’
It’s definitely a 2016 TV highlight so far.
Watch the video here:
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For the full episode, see BBC iPlayer HERE.
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