I made it about half an hour into the debate. I couldn't watch any more. I doubt, unless Amber Rudd burst into flames or Paul Nuttall started eating children live on TV that there was anything more to see.
This kind of debate has it's uses. It does help people to see better what people are like, rather than seeing highly prepared press conferences and photo-opportunities, but it doesn't really help with taking the whole conversation forward, it seemed an opportunity to inject some new soundbites and score some points off each other.
I'm glad that we're doing something else. If you're in the East Midlands come to Long Eaton on Monday and if you're in London come along on Wednesday. And look out for more stuff after the election is over.
Hi. Didn't watch the debate (being abroad) but I read the BBC report on it and also (always more insightful) the comments underneath it (of which there are thousands).
One thing that it spells out to me, and I've felt for a while, is that the Party system just seems to make things worse.
Everyone was British in the comments I read and yet the general impression was of some real dismissive hatred between them. You couldn't honestly tell that they all wanted the best for the UK. And this seems to be a result of having parties.
Unless you wrote it, it must surely be impossible to agree with every single item on someone else's manifesto, but by having to pick sides then the merits of each side's arguments, the 'debate', gets painted over by party colours. Every time.
There has to be a way to have an election that minimised the influence of picking sides and the leader's oratory skills and how photogenic they are.
And...I've gone off topic. Sorry about that, but that's what I noticed most from reading about the debate.
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No, definitely on-topic, the confrontational nature of our system is baked in even into how members of parliament sit facing each other in the House of Commons. At the moment it seems we're stuck in the middle of the collapse of the party system and we just don't know what's going to happen next.
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Politics seems to be more about putting down the others rather than putting forward real solutions. Looks like the right wing press will use the poll that shows there won't be a clear majority to scare people into voting.
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Yep, I think a hung parliament and a progressive coalition is the best outcome we could hope for.
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Will that be 'strong and stable'? Perhaps not, but we need someone to prevent us being driven over a cliff
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