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Further to this morning’s thread on the exclusion of LD leader Jo Swinson from the ITV General Election debate there’s now a YouGov poll carried out today that points to her desire to be there getting support from the public.
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We are a long way from deciding the best formats for the debates and it's a more complex election. At some point a set of agreed ground rules will be set, but not for some time.
Should a journalist be making sweeping assumptions like that? Even so, Ms Swinson should have given the journalist both (verbal) barrels rather than running away like brave Sir Robin.
So the interview was wrong, and presumably just being provocative.
https://twitter.com/NatHunter_BBC
Also, his 'Party' has one policy only, and everyone knows what it is, so what is there to debate?
Broadly, I support the smaller parties being in the TV debates .... although as usual it seems the LibDems want all the other smaller parties to stand down, so it is only them & Tory & Labour.
I don't imagine a TV debate with all of the parties will be very insightful, but there should be some good comedy if the gang's all there.
I don't possess, and never watch, TV.
1) A debate between any party leader with > 100 seats currently in parliament (Viable PM debate)
2) A debate between any party leader standing candidates in > 500 seats (potentially viable PM debate)
3) A debate between any party with seats currently in parliament (Current Parties debate)
4) by country debates (england/scotland/wales/NI)
In 2010 all the debates were Cameron, Brown and Clegg
Maybe I should tweet that to whatever fat cat Socialist stooge is behind the account...
Those parties only standing in geographically defined regions should be on their local tv.
Therefore mainstream debates would be five way but possibly six if OMRLP stood in 600 seats. To frame the election this far out as x v y is a disgrace and an affront to democract
Next time I see some fanny on here whining that it is a UK vote there will be fireworks. These barstewards would not recognise democracy if they fell over it.
Horrible
I have to say I think that from what I have seen that Clarke is doing a magnificent job in presiding over this debate. A sad thought it is his last act as an MP, but what a fitting way to end.
I bloody love BBC Parliament. 'If a new Speaker is chosen and then doesn't get elected, would they be the shortest-serving ever?' 'Well there was a guy who was chosen and then the Archbishop of Canterbury declared him a heretic the next day, but that was in 1395...'
November 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/rcolvile/status/1191384172897677312
In a funny way, that narrative might be almost ideal for Boris.
- no Brexit (LibDems/Remain Alliance)
- Hard Brexit now (BXP)
- Soft Brexit for now (Con)
- Let’s have a think (Lab)
There are also only four political parties who, in theory at least, can win this election with a majority. The same as above.
Therefore you’d think the job of the broadcasters arranging these debates should be straightforward?
Surely watching that?
I suspect Johnson would be delighted with that outcome.
(Actually, that was Capt Oates, but needs must...)
From where else are they going to get extra vote share?
If the only way is down for the Tories then, in terms of the betting at least, we would be wise to try and spot this a tad earlier than most PB’ers (myself included) did in 2017.