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Alex von Tunzelmann@alexvont.bsky.social |
💯 agree. Awful format. Pointlessly combative, unenlightening, trivial and boring. You can try to game it as Sunak did last night by endlessly repeating empty attack soundbites, most of which are misleading or outright lies. It’s just a contest of who can shout bullshit loudest and quickest.
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Kate Jopling
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Totally. And it bugs me extra because they are borrowed from places where there is an actual president. Which the last few years show is precisely what we don’t want. I don’t want it all to come down to a choice between two individuals
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Child of Prog
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I'm trying to work out if Sunak really sounded like a petulant little **** or if I already thought he was a petulant little **** and he was just confirming my opinion.
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Hughster
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I realised this as well watching last night (for some godforsaken reason). We learned nothing from it. It's all just about creating opportunities for human gaffes that the media can make hay with. Our elections should be about the parties, not the leaders they might not even have in a year or two.
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Jon close
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it also supports the disconnect of how our system works in theory and practice. Debates are a presidential thing, a PMs power rests on their ability to convince MPs, not voters (see Johnson, B)
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Matthew Downhour
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The whole point of a parliamentary system is that these guys are only indirectly running for executive office - a debate seems to obscure that
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@fullydecaffeinated.bsky.social
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Hate it, hate it, hate it. Get them to do an escape room together.
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Martin Nutbeem
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2028/29 Leadership debates should be more in a quiz show format. BBC could host a Pointless Election Special ITV could have Leadership Wheel of Fortune. Channel 4 could have a leadership 15 to 1 - this would require some fringe parties to take part which would be highly entertaining.
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Meher Oliaji
@mehero.bsky.social
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Sadly, this country voted for Brexit. The discernment of the voting public should not be overestimated.
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Thom Beckett
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It was so bad (no offence to Mishal Husain who did her best) that it made me wish for the PMQs format where at least you get to hear an answer without someone else constantly interrupting. And I hate PMQs.
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Kate W
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And we got way too much of that already. All it proves is who's good at shouting.
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Atul Haria
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I switched over to the footy after 10 mins - the lies by Sunak were unpalatable. He's a totally detestable individual.
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