Wednesday, 2 September 2009

Sky: Don't Try And Outfox

There should not be televised debates between the Party Leaders in the run-up to the General Election. We shall be electing a Parliament, not a President. In this as in every other way, Sky must not try and become Fox.
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2 comments:

  1. JohnJGMooney2 September 2009 at 13:31

    Well the British system has become more Presidential over the years there is a certain logic to it. We may now expect all the Murdoch papers to back Sky.
    Yet there is nothing new in Opposition Leaders calling for a debate and nothing new in the call being rejected by whoever is in Downing Street.
    Indeed the routine call and rejection is a part of the Constitution......almost.

    Yet in the call for a return to Parliamentary Democracy, it is probably a good thing (we have incidently had these debates for years in Norn Iron)as it strengthens the Party System and weeds out Esther rantzen from our screens.

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  2. David Lindsay2 September 2009 at 13:37

    The party system over here here is already more than strong enough, in marked contrast to the parties themselves, which are practically memberless and overwhelmingly elderly.

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