Should Cameron Bottle The TV Election Debates 2015? Clegg & Miliband Seem Up For It

Wookster

I think he should do it. Miliband's folly is easily exposed with sustained questioning.

Generali

BertieUK wrote: »

Could someone enlighten me as to what is a fixed-term parliament and why was it brought about in the first place and what are the negative / positive issues involved.

thanks...

A PM used to be able to ask the Queen to dissolve Parliament at any time and ask her to call an election. Now that is suposedly not possible although it would be pretty easy to sidestep the rules: if you have a majority in Parliament you simply change the law, if you don't then you won't be able to get a budget through so the Queen would have to call an election.

The change, such as it is, theoretically removes some of the incumbent advantage as they can't call an 'early' election when they're ahead in the polls. The theoretical disadvantage is that weak Governments might be forced to struggle on when they might be better off losing or going back to the country to get a proper mandate (e.g. the 2 elections in 1974).

I say theoretically as under the British Constitution, no Parliament can bind a future one.

antrobus

BertieUK wrote: »

Could someone enlighten me as to what is a fixed-term parliament and why was it brought about in the first place and what are the negative / positive issues involved.

thanks...

See also Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 - The Act sets the date of the next general election as 7 May 2015 and on the first Thursday in May in every fifth year thereafter.

It was brought about largely as part of the coalition deal. Any future Parliament remains free to repeal or amend the Act as they see fit.

andyroberts1967

I don't understand why the UK doesn't have voting days on Sundays like a lot of other European countries do. A few people I know didn't bother to vote last time because they were really tired after work and would have preferred to be able to cast an online vote. So change voting day to a Sunday and let people vote electronically and I'm sure the turnout will be a lot higher.

BertieUK

andyroberts1967 wrote: »

I don't understand why the UK doesn't have voting days on Sundays like a lot of other European countries do. A few people I know didn't bother to vote last time because they were really tired after work and would have preferred to be able to cast an online vote. So change voting day to a Sunday and let people vote electronically and I'm sure the turnout will be a lot higher.

You then would have the 'Morning after voters' that could be a suprise result.

Wookster

I would personally like to hear Ed Milliband answer for Labour's mismanagement of the country and economy.

What was he thinking in all those years? What was ed balls thinking in all those years?

BertieUK

Wookster wrote: »

I would personally like to hear Ed Milliband answer for Labour's mismanagement of the country and economy.

What was he thinking in all those years? What was ed balls thinking in all those years?

The words contained within a verse by Jethro Tull

Oh, we won't give in,
We'll keep living in the past.

Because too many of us are 'Living in the past'

Wookster

BertieUK wrote: »

The words contained within a verse by Jethro Tull

Oh, we won't give in,
We'll keep living in the past.

Because too many of us are 'Living in the past'

Are you saying I live in the past or the two eds live in the past?

BertieUK

Wookster wrote: »

Are you saying I live in the past or the two eds live in the past?

Your Government will never go forward by constantly living in the past, only forward thinking will achieve results.

According to Proffessor House.com, "living in the past is like visiting and re-visiting history hoping that the past can alter the present, or reminiscing on "what might have been, or chewing on plain, old fashion nostalgia."

You cannot rewrite history, you can only learn from it, and move on.

The two Eds are now in the past but we have to move on.

Just an opinion of course nothing personal.

grizzly1911

I hope not it makes pants TV.

Why not some sort of tag wrestling match, couldn't be any less staged.