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Prime Ministerial Debates- Thread

Brown's quip about 'this is answer time not question time' was excruciating. I wonder how long Campbell perfected that.

Anyone watching Newsnight? Both political commentators seem to be inexplicably sitting on a naughty stool with Kirsty as their stern headteacher.

BTW: If Alan Johnson was PM I think he probably would have won today. It's his thing.
 
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commandlinegamer said:
Just think they missed a trick not having Plaid Cymru or the SNP on; it's not all about Middle England.
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They're going to do a Welsh version and I assume a Scottish one too. Mind you, I'd love to have seen that graph thing they had after on ITV plummet when that whining Gog Ieuan Wyn Jones was speaking.
 
garethdjb said:
They're going to do a Welsh version and I assume a Scottish one too. Mind you, I'd love to have seen that graph thing they had after on ITV plummet when that whining Gog Ieuan Wyn Jones was speaking.
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What about Alex Salmond?

Most people outside of Scotland (as far as I'm aware) think he's a pompous overblown douche with a ridiculous level of confidence in his party.

My god, ITV viewers would simply love that.
 
MarkCorrigan said:
What about Alex Salmond?

Most people outside of Scotland (as far as I'm aware) think he's a pompous overblown douche with a ridiculous level of confidence in his party.

My god, ITV viewers would simply love that.
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He is but he is also a smart cookie. Very good in these sort of things.
 
funk de fino said:
He is but he is also a smart cookie. Very good in these sort of things.
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Very true, from the admittedly little I've seen he seems a very intelligent man who can talk his way out of a whole lot of things.

I still think he's a pompous douche and I think his ideas are not really something I agree with.

Also, I just LOVE the guy with a very strong (West?) African accent talking about how he thinks Cameron is the one for him. HA. An immigrant voting Tory? My god.
 
Emily on Newsnight just asked about Cameron's massive gaff: does he really think we are gearing up for a nuclear war with CHINA? Charlie Rose now on Newsnight, nice to get US interest.
 
I missed the guys name, is he the one talking on ITV too? Because that guy is an idiot.
 
Undesired Walrus said:
Emily on Newsnight just asked about Cameron's massive gaff: does he really think we are gearing up for a nuclear war with CHINA?
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Well if you want serious action to adress global climate change.....
 
Undesired Walrus said:
Emily on Newsnight just asked about Cameron's massive gaff: does he really think we are gearing up for a nuclear war with CHINA? Charlie Rose now on Newsnight, nice to get US interest.
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Salmond just brought that up.

HA. That's awesome.
 
Oh Mr Hauge, you're flailing.

His comment about China was not to illustrate the uncertain future, he made a really stupid comment that's going to kick his ass around the world if he wins PMship.

Poor old Hauge, I actually have some respect for him, but he has to defend his leaders rather pathetic performance.
 
One of the great things about the debates is that however much you script it, it is never going to be airtight like a press release. You are always going to risk a gaff that shows your inexperience. Flailing into 90 minutes without a telepromter isn't going do be good for your PR.

Take Cameron's China gaff for instance. If it was about an uncertain future why not pick Kyrgyzstan? Ha. Brilliant.

ETA: Mark: Are you sure it was Charlie Rose you call the idiot (This guy?)? I really like they bloke.
 
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Undesired Walrus said:
One of the great things about the debates is that however much you script it, it is never going to be airtight like a press release. You are always going to risk a gaff that shows your inexperience. Flailing into 90 minutes without a telepromter isn't going do be good for your PR.

Take Cameron's China gaff for instance. If it was about an uncertain future why not pick Kyrgyzstan? Ha. Brilliant.
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Oh I know, I thought that was hilarious.
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ETA: Mark: Are you sure it was Charlie Rose you call the idiot (This guy?)? I really like they bloke.
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It wasn't Charlie Rose, I was actually asking you that. :p

It was someone called Wolf? I'm not really sure who he was, but he seemed to think that Gordon won, but that Cameron would have been best.
 
Wolf Blitzer?

Does anyone have the exact quote of Camerons? Priceless. Will love to see how the Tories spin that.
 
No no, his surname was Wolf I think...I'm not sure. He was a bit of a prat, whatever.

So who is looking forward to the next one? I sure as hell am.
 
Very much so, and without the ridiculous credits at the beginning, hopefully.

I suppose now all the expectations will be on Cleggie. His back must be raw with supporters patting him profousely as they read the polls. The Lib Dems probably can hardly believe their luck tonight.

Although I thought his performance was at the time lacklusture, I'm now starting to believe that he actually did well, based simply on the extraordinary amount of people saying that he did. I just thought he was standed Cleggie: Angry, the 'third man', apple stuck in his throat. Perhaps he came out well because most people at home said "There's a third guy?".

Very saddened at Brown's comments on Trident btw. The guy, on the whole, looks more and more like a melting Edwardian candle.
 
Most of the bits I saw was all about things that are devolved in Scotland. What a waste of time. Total irrelevance.

Rolfe.
 
Rolfe said:
Most of the bits I saw was all about things that are devolved in Scotland. What a waste of time. Total irrelevance.

Rolfe.
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For you, not for the vast majority of the country.

I like you Rolfe, I think that things not covered by devolution should certainly be addressed, so don't get me wrong, but seriously? Seriously?

Let's compare the populations from the 2001 census shall we?

England: 49,138,831
Scotland: 5,062,011
Wales: 2,903,085
NI: 1,685,267

Percentages:

England: 83.6%
Scotland: 8.6%
Wales: 4.9%
NI: 2.9%

I know that there are issues that aren't covered by the devolutions of Scotland, Wales and NI, but frankly:

1. These were questions prepared by the general public, presumably those from Manchester, since that's where it was, but still, the topics that are or are not covered by the devolution isn't likely to be a big consideration for them.

2. There are going to be 2 more of these things. That one of the three didn't cover things of interest to a grand total of, if we assume NI, Scotland and Wales to be exactly the same in order to really give the devolved nations the maximum amount of influence, 16.4% of the nation isn't really a surprise, nor is it something I consider particularly earth-shattering in importance. Calling them a waste of time simply because they didn't address you is a rather narrow view of things.
 
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