Comments on: How Brown could revolutionaise PMQs, improve Labour's standing, polish the image of politics and make the Tories look like silly – all in one go http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/02/how-brown-could-revolutionaise-pmqs.htm Liberal Democrat MP for Hornsey and Wood Green Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:02:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: OneHourAhead http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/02/how-brown-could-revolutionaise-pmqs.htm/comment-page-1#comment-929 OneHourAhead Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:18:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp28/?p=1583#comment-929 "screaming and pointing"<br/>"exagerated facial expressions"<br/>"rowdy pub bore who insists everyone in the pub MUST hear what they've got to say"<br/>"one-sided shouting match".<br/><br/>Where you at PMQ's or the Jeremy Kyle show, Lynne? From those descriptions there doesn't seem to be much difference!<br/><br/>Funny, I left the stream for BBC parliament on for a while yesterday after PMQ's and was amazed at how civil the three leaders were to each other during the chilcot review statements. Once the goaders and lackeys had gone it seem all quite, well, statesmanlike. “screaming and pointing”
“exagerated facial expressions”
“rowdy pub bore who insists everyone in the pub MUST hear what they’ve got to say”
“one-sided shouting match”.

Where you at PMQ’s or the Jeremy Kyle show, Lynne? From those descriptions there doesn’t seem to be much difference!

Funny, I left the stream for BBC parliament on for a while yesterday after PMQ’s and was amazed at how civil the three leaders were to each other during the chilcot review statements. Once the goaders and lackeys had gone it seem all quite, well, statesmanlike.

]]> By: Lee Griffin http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/02/how-brown-could-revolutionaise-pmqs.htm/comment-page-1#comment-928 Lee Griffin Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:18:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp28/?p=1583#comment-928 I'd say that doesn't go nearly far enough, with the issues discussed at PMQs being completely out of touch with what the public want to hear...or at least could be because the public have seemingly less and less say over what questions get answered. Even constituency level problems are now reduced to "do you congratulate" style questions.<br/><br/>The real solution is splitting it and making the main event a weekly debate, occasionally or always held at differing locations around the country, between at least the top three party's leaders. Nick Clegg would obviously be up to the task with his "town meeting" ethic, perhaps he and the Lib Dems should <a HREF="http://www.griffindor.org.uk/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1202318753&archive=&start_from=&ucat=2,12,35,63,64,65,135,136,137&" REL="nofollow">champion such a change</a>. I’d say that doesn’t go nearly far enough, with the issues discussed at PMQs being completely out of touch with what the public want to hear…or at least could be because the public have seemingly less and less say over what questions get answered. Even constituency level problems are now reduced to “do you congratulate” style questions.

The real solution is splitting it and making the main event a weekly debate, occasionally or always held at differing locations around the country, between at least the top three party’s leaders. Nick Clegg would obviously be up to the task with his “town meeting” ethic, perhaps he and the Lib Dems should champion such a change.

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