| Carl2291 said: Just watched the "show". Cameron and Miliband both looked bad against Paxman, but I think Cameron came out of it with his dignity intact whereas Paxman got personal with Ed. If only Cameron had the balls to go 1 on 1 with Miliband. Thats what the people want to see... |
As I said earlier, I actually think Paxman crossed the line with Miliband.
However, I don't agree with these debates at all really. They truly allow gloss to become the most important thing in our political system. I'm sorry, you've had 5 years to judge the coalition. You had the previous 13 years to judge Labour. If you are happy with either, vote for them. If not, do some research and stop relying on "talk offs" to make your decisions for you.
Something so insignificant in the grand scheme of politics as a 90 minute TV show, should not be able to influence a country's governance for 5 years. It shows just how fickle and blind our population has become.
The biggest thing that sticks for me though. Hardly ANYBODY will be voting for any of the people we will see on TV. Our political system is not geared up in the same way as the US. You are meant to vote for a local representitive for the house of commons. But people think they're voting for a party. They should axe the leaders debates. Instead have discussions of party politics, and then local TV coverage should have exposure of all the candidates standing to be MPs.
If they want this TV debate nonsense, then change the voting system so that I vote for a party, rather than someone who will be standing as an MP in your local area. The only thing I know about my local MP is he is a dinosaur who knows he has a safe Labour seat, so never has to lift a finger.
RIP Dad 25/11/51 - 13/12/13. You will be missed but never forgotten.
