Thursday 15 May 2014

Leaders debates - exactly what we don't need ...

In the run-up to the next British General Election (we hope not minus Scotland) the media are getting very excited at the prospect of  the party leaders debating one another on the internet.
In fact, these kind of infantilising personality contests are exactly what we don't need; they are one of the reasons politics (and, indeed, voting itself) is increasingly a minority interest. In case it has escaped everyone's notice, we don't have a presidential system - issues please ....

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