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Originally Posted by bitontheslide
But you are missing the point, that is the agreed democratic process for holding the government accountable. The fact that Miliband is completely inept in making the time count just shows him up for what he is - incompetent.
We have all seen politicians avoid answering difficult questions, they all do it, they would do it in any TV debate too.
The other point I tried to make is quite simple. In America, the focus is on an individual, the one who will be the next president, but in the UK we are electing hundreds of individuals, therefore it is of little relevance how a group of 7 or whatever perform on a TV debate as it doesn't reflect the breadth and depth of the election. It is nothing more than a broadcaster fuelled event that tries to influence the electoral process in a disproportionate fashion.
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I agree that I would like to see the fact we elect a party to Govt; as the main focus of elections in the UK.
I hate that the media concentrate on a few individuals rather than the whole party
We are not electing a president.
From what I have seen, most PMs have often little or no real say anyway in their govts; actions.,they are just the first face as to that.
They are always having to set out to appease the noisiest and most forceful of their backbenchers.
I made this point a while back too, I myself can never vote for Ed Miliband or David Cameron, the few thousand of voters in their seats elect them. Were the Conservatives to get 326 seats or Labour to get 326 seats but Cameron and Miliband actually lose their seats.
There would still be a Conservative or Labour govt; with a new elected leader from their parties,not from the voters.
I have to disagree in part with some of your post, on issues like the bedroom tax, the energy charges,the NHS and the sick and disabled, Ed Miliband has often set the agenda on those issues.
Upon raising them at PMQs,he then got a longwinded speech from Cameron about what Labour did in govt; then waffle about other things unrelated with no direct answer given to any of the valid points put.
If I were Ed Miliband,I would leave a note in the commons on wednesday's with an I hope it goes well for you today, as really asking Cameron questions is pointless.
Recently he has got even worse so in my view, I would treat PMQs for what it has become, a farce and a total waste of a politicians time under this PM.
He used to really taunt Gordon Brown when he evaded answers,which most PMs do a bit of the time,not constantly however like Cameron does now.