Opinion by Peter Gleeson Premium Content It's no surprise that the ABC's flagship show, Q&A, is in strife and floundering, with ratings halved in 2021 as its meaningless and boring format leaves even its most ardent fans - the crazy lefties - cold. I reckon I've seen three episodes of Q&A in the past five years because as much as I've tried, I have to switch it off because it feels like I'm being hypnotised and parachuted into a Communist Party meeting of the 1950s. The audience, selected for their "impartiality'', whoop and holler when a Labor lefty or Greens senator makes a point, yet the token conservative is stared down and is about as popular as a rattlesnake in a lucky dip.