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Tv Debates
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Further to the thread yesterday about whether Theresa May should participate in US style TV debates I have just read this snippet in my paper which describes it all to me.
A Squalid sideshow
WE all know what happened when TV debates turned the 2010 election into a shallow, X Factor- style talent show. We were saddled with five years of Nick Clegg – a telegenic pipsqueak most had hardly heard of, and now wish they never had.
So this paper is right behind Mrs May when she agrees only to appear on a Question Time format, refusing head-tohead debates with the likes of Jeremy Corbyn, Tim Farron and Nicola Sturgeon.
Why should she demean her high office by accepting equal billing with a superannuated Trot, a boy-scout Lib Dem and a devious, scheming nationalist – three misfits united only in their hostility to Brexit and the Tories?
A Squalid sideshow
WE all know what happened when TV debates turned the 2010 election into a shallow, X Factor- style talent show. We were saddled with five years of Nick Clegg – a telegenic pipsqueak most had hardly heard of, and now wish they never had.
So this paper is right behind Mrs May when she agrees only to appear on a Question Time format, refusing head-tohead debates with the likes of Jeremy Corbyn, Tim Farron and Nicola Sturgeon.
Why should she demean her high office by accepting equal billing with a superannuated Trot, a boy-scout Lib Dem and a devious, scheming nationalist – three misfits united only in their hostility to Brexit and the Tories?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I hate these debates anyway and stopped watching them because I found them embarrassing, for those taking part and for myself.
Love the last para of your OP Linda, spot on.
I don't think she's a coward, in fact the opposite. She reaches millions every time she opens her mouth so I don't think she needs these debates at all. She has more important things to keep her occupied at the moment.
Love the last para of your OP Linda, spot on.
I don't think she's a coward, in fact the opposite. She reaches millions every time she opens her mouth so I don't think she needs these debates at all. She has more important things to keep her occupied at the moment.
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"She has the potential to reach millions of people via the TV, but instead favours more intimate settings, all Tory voters no doubt ."
No1 no!..Tory voters will vote Tory and Labour voters will vote Labour, she no doubt will spend her time visiting the marginals where the election is to be won or lost.
TV debates?.....a bit of fun, but probably have no effect on the result of the election.
"She has the potential to reach millions of people via the TV, but instead favours more intimate settings, all Tory voters no doubt ."
No1 no!..Tory voters will vote Tory and Labour voters will vote Labour, she no doubt will spend her time visiting the marginals where the election is to be won or lost.
TV debates?.....a bit of fun, but probably have no effect on the result of the election.
I think it's a great shame that the PM doesn't want to (or more likely has been advised against) takling part in these debates.
I listened to Anne Widecombe squawking entertainingly but rather wildly on the news last night, decrying the whole thing as a US-style personality contest, but in fact the previous debates (which emulate those staged in many countries in - dare I mention the word - Europe) have been informative and interesting. The issues get discussed and yes we do get a good feel for the personality of the part leaders: after all, this is something the press make a huge meal and show of all the time, so it seems hypocritical of them to denounce them for that!
I hope she changes her mind (again)
I listened to Anne Widecombe squawking entertainingly but rather wildly on the news last night, decrying the whole thing as a US-style personality contest, but in fact the previous debates (which emulate those staged in many countries in - dare I mention the word - Europe) have been informative and interesting. The issues get discussed and yes we do get a good feel for the personality of the part leaders: after all, this is something the press make a huge meal and show of all the time, so it seems hypocritical of them to denounce them for that!
I hope she changes her mind (again)
Plainly the idea is to make the prime minister seem somehow aloof from and superior to the opposition or smaller parties scrabbling after power. In my opinion that is demeaning.
Going back to the piece quoted at the top, in 2010 the Lib Dems actually ended up with FEWER seats than previously, if memory serves, despite the "I agree with Nick" fuss. A coalition happened because no party got a majority.
Going back to the piece quoted at the top, in 2010 the Lib Dems actually ended up with FEWER seats than previously, if memory serves, despite the "I agree with Nick" fuss. A coalition happened because no party got a majority.
There's a difference in standing with a few misfits reading off the same hi sheet, shouting. Really one another and doing something like the Question Time discussions with the audience, where real people get to be included. The last election ran these and they were far more informative than a slanging match. They have their moments thoug like Milliband falling off the podium. At that one there was a pitvital moment when Milliband was asked by a member of the Audience. "Did Labour spend too much before the country went bankrupt and he answered a resounding NO. This was quoted again many times during the rest of the campaign. Some of you will be asking for TM to have an "ED Stone" next!
I cant stand TV debates, never could never will. I did try to watch one once but it just made me feel uncomfortable (Bottler was never going to be a good mass debater) and i learnt absolutely zilch on what they were all for (that changes the minute they are in power anyway)
Is Mrs May a coward? Certainly not, she would be a coward if she gave into pressure and took part against her better judgement.
Is Mrs May a coward? Certainly not, she would be a coward if she gave into pressure and took part against her better judgement.