RedRum
Full Member
"Smaller in number are we, but larger in mind.”
Posts: 245
|
PMQs.
Mar 24, 2024 7:39:50 GMT
Post by RedRum on Mar 24, 2024 7:39:50 GMT
What is the point of PMQs, all you seem to get are questions asked and then no answer from the PM, both the main parties are the same.
Don't these 'politicians' understand that this country has gone to the wall while they play their silly games and get paid quite handsomely for it.
|
|
|
|
PMQs.
Mar 24, 2024 12:21:50 GMT
Post by montegriffo on Mar 24, 2024 12:21:50 GMT
Not just PMQs you might just as well ask what is the point of politicians.
All they ever do is obfuscate.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
PMQs.
Mar 29, 2024 19:57:32 GMT
Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2024 19:57:32 GMT
What is the point of PMQs, all you seem to get are questions asked and then no answer from the PM, both the main parties are the same. Don't these 'politicians' understand that this country has gone to the wall while they play their silly games and get paid quite handsomely for it. They are all more interested in petty point scoring than in actually saying anything worthwhile. Questions are asked with a view to making the other guy look shit rather than in pursuit of a sensible answer. And even if a sensible question gets asked, the PM will end up answering a totally different question that no one asked him in order to try and make the opposition leader look bad. And throughout a bunch of braying from a bunch of people some of whom are clearly well lubricated on the subsidised alcohol we are paying for them. Whole thing is a pantomime farce. |
|
|
|
PMQs.
Mar 31, 2024 7:59:48 GMT
Post by sheepy on Mar 31, 2024 7:59:48 GMT
A sad tale of hoodwinking the public into believing this is somehow reflective of them and what they consider representative.
|
|
|
|
PMQs.
Mar 31, 2024 13:23:05 GMT
via mobile
Post by delphicoracle on Mar 31, 2024 13:23:05 GMT
I would put then all on the naughty step for being either a liar, a pillok or both.
I blame that the show is broadcast. If it went back to private, they may stop showing off.
|
|
RedRum
Full Member
"Smaller in number are we, but larger in mind.”
Posts: 245
|
Post by RedRum on Apr 3, 2024 6:32:59 GMT
The speaker should be able to stop the PM not answering questions, either Conservative or Labour.
|
|
|
|
PMQs.
Apr 3, 2024 6:45:38 GMT
via mobile
Post by andrewbrown on Apr 3, 2024 6:45:38 GMT
The speaker should be able to stop the PM not answering questions, either Conservative or Labour. Totally. Boris was terrible at answering a question that wasn't asked rather than one that was, but to be honest Sunak is no better. And both of them constantly need to be reminded that it isn't Opposition Question Time. The Speaker is really bad at managing this. |
|
|
|
PMQs.
Apr 4, 2024 6:41:26 GMT
via mobile
Post by walterpaisley on Apr 4, 2024 6:41:26 GMT
Totally. Boris was terrible at answering a question that wasn't asked rather than one that was, but to be honest Sunak is no better. And both of them constantly need to be reminded that it isn't Opposition Question Time. The Speaker is really bad at managing this. It was a bit of an education about Mr Johnson to watch "Mayor's Question Time" during his London tenure. A typical exchange might be "What about the drains?" He'll begin with an amusing anecdote and quote about what Cato said of sewage in Rome, then proceed to describe the state of the toilets in the great stately homes of England. The questioner (likely as not a tory member), tiring of this, will press him further for an actual answer. And the "response" they eventually get will be "I shall refer your question to the relevant officer, who will respond within 28 days". Certainly not a "detail" guy. Question Time formats are partly to blame: The news media love it because it delivers (on a good week) a few headline one-liners to lead the bulletin. Politicians love it for much the same reason. An advisor on "The Thick Of It" spent his "political" career doing little beyond preempting likely questions and coming up with snappy, bitesize responses. Working out how to give actual "answers" (yawn..) came pretty low on the agenda. |
|
