On May 31, leaders of seven British parties debated each other, except that the leader of the Conservative Party, Theresa May, didn’t appear and sent a spokesperson to take her place. The election is June 8. See this story.
The seven debaters were: Jeremy Corbyn (Labour); Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat); Caroline Lucas (Green); Paul Nuttall (UKIP); Angus Robertson (Scottish National); Amber Rudd (Conservative); and Leanne Wood (Plaid Cymru). The debate lasted 90 minutes and was broadcast on BBC One.
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Pick one. Any party but your own *is* the Silly Party. Or maybe the Slightly Silly Party, or the Very Silly Party. *Yours*, of course, is always the *Sensible* Party. (And you notice the Sensibles never splinter — there’s no Somewhat Sensible Party, no Painfully Sensible Party. . . .)
I don’t think avoiding the debates will serve May well. Isn’t she sinking in the polls?
Like a rock!
90 minutes is too short if you have that many candidates. Should be a full 2 hours. Too bad PBS isn’t forced, with public funding, to override the Commission on Presidential Debates and do similar.
The International Parliament has established the new
Republic of Earth, United Kingdom Parliament, for a
new republican UK.
http://international-parliament.org/united-kingdom.html
100 Members of United Kingdom Parliament (MPs)
MP Lee Phillip Cato [Global Peace]
(MP=Member of Parliament)
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Updated on 5/31/2017