tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-471074317942220219.post9112310823143901729..comments2010-05-08T18:29:31.184-07:00Comments on Looking Across the Atlantic: Debating the Usefulness of DebatesKiernan Ambrosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250305241308612362noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-471074317942220219.post-73453925435355257022010-04-15T14:27:21.569-07:002010-04-15T14:27:21.569-07:00"It should be a debate between the two main p..."It should be a debate between the two main parties only in my opinion" <br /><br />I think this is the problem. I'm sick of labservative. This isn't democracy; the two parties are not enough, the two parties do not represent the people and the two parties are simply too ideologically similar. No real change can come about in a two party system, especially when those parties are so similar when it really comes down to it. We do make incremental improvements, but the real changes, at least historically, have been through radical reform. And I don't believe that we can achieve that democratically, unless we open up politics to parties with new ideas. The 'first past the post' system has made sure this is not the case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-471074317942220219.post-72238715343517990182010-04-15T06:49:33.611-07:002010-04-15T06:49:33.611-07:00DC hounds and rattles in PMQ. This is different. G...DC hounds and rattles in PMQ. This is different. GB will tell GB public the right thingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-471074317942220219.post-85907285251769758712010-04-15T05:38:09.379-07:002010-04-15T05:38:09.379-07:00David Cameron regularly gets the better of Gordon ...David Cameron regularly gets the better of Gordon Brown at Prime ministers questions and should give a deft and agile performance. I'm worried that Brown and Clegg will "gang-up" on Cameron in the hope of making the Conservatives look marginalised. It should be a debate between the two main parties only in my opinion. Hopefully the class war won't break out either- but with Scandelsons comments this morning about Cameron looking down his "long toffee nose at the regions" and Browns bizarre personal declaration that he is from an ordinary family, this doesn't look likely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-471074317942220219.post-34577778626410206732010-04-15T04:42:03.457-07:002010-04-15T04:42:03.457-07:00I believe Gordon Brown will try to extend his answ...I believe Gordon Brown will try to extend his answers to look more "presidential". I also think as in parliament he will get very angry and finish by storming off the stage. The British people will be amazed and the dark Lord (Mandelson) will be furious and blame everyone else. Nick Clegg and David Cameron will both do very well by answering in a calm and efficient manner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-471074317942220219.post-28563117882108347962010-04-15T03:13:36.855-07:002010-04-15T03:13:36.855-07:00Yes, Brown is the one who has faced tough question...Yes, Brown is the one who has faced tough questions weekly for nearly three years. The only problem is that he has never answered any of them.DW@Woldsnoreply@blogger.com