Who's watching tonight?

So Boris and Jeremy are going head to head tonight but I won't be watching. To be honest whilst my mind is already made up it wouldn't make any difference if Corbyn wipes the floor with Johnson.

I don't judge politicians on their ability to debate but on their policies and their actions. Corbyn meeting terrorists weeks after they tried to murder the government speaks volumes of a the man and more importantly I don't like his policies.

The first major televised debate was Nixon Kennedy in 1960. Those who saw it said Kennedy won because he looked young and vigorous whilst Nixon looked old and unshaven. Apparently those that listened on the radio said Nixon won.

Anyway the die was cast but today they politicians are too well rehearsed and media savvy to say anything that we haven't heard already.

Boris will be a mess and bumble his way through not answering the questions but coming up with the occasional good line.

Corbyn will look good attacking the Tories (years of training as a protestor) but will look weak when he has to defend his own policies e.g. Brexit and Immigration.

And the public will probably wonder what is on the other side.

Now if Diane Abbott was to done one I would get the popcorn on and buckle up my seatbelt for car crash TV.

So are you watching?

Edited by Badger11 (19 Nov 2019 3.58pm)

Who's watching tonight?

So Boris and Jeremy are going head to head tonight but I won't be watching. To be honest whilst my mind is already made up it wouldn't make any difference if Corbyn wipes the floor with Johnson.

I don't judge politicians on their ability to debate but on their policies and their actions. Corbyn meeting terrorists weeks after they tried to murder the government speaks volumes of a the man and more importantly I don't like his policies.

The first major televised debate was Nixon Kennedy in 1960. Those who saw it said Kennedy won because he looked young and vigorous whilst Nixon looked old and unshaven. Apparently those that listened on the radio said Nixon won.

Anyway the die was cast but today they politicians are too well rehearsed and media savvy to say anything that we haven't heard already.

Boris will be a mess and bumble his way through not answering the questions but coming up with the occasional good line.

Corbyn will look good attacking the Tories (years of training as a protestor) but will look weak when he has to defend his own policies e.g. Brexit and Immigration.

And the public will probably wonder what is on the other side.

Now if Diane Abbott was to done one I would get the popcorn on and buckle up my seatbelt for car crash TV.

So are you watching?

Edited by Badger11 (19 Nov 2019 3.58pm)

Pointless exercise - I doubt there’s anyone in the electorate split between Tory/Labour so there’s little point letting them have it out one on one. Everyone watching will have their mind made up on at least one of Boris and Corbyn, such is the polarising nature of their personalities, so who is the debate actually for?

Substance will be entirely irrelevant to the discussion, as you’d expect in a country where Boris Johnson will soon be elected PM.

Utter madness isn’t it

And looking at this debate are these really the two (and Swinson) really the best leaders we can come up with?

What an embarrassment

Yes, with this format and the constant interruptions it's all but impossible to learn anything anyway. One of the questions they spent longest on was, I kid you not, what Christmas present would you buy for each other.

I'd call it a draw, which realistically is probably a win for Corbyn due to his relative unpopularity compared to Boris. Though the Conservatives have a very healthy lead and so in the big picture I don't think it changes anything.

Thought Boris really wiped the floor with Corbyn.

Corbyn's insistence on not committing what side he'd stand for in a second referendum shows how indecisive and disingenuous he its. All this stories about the NHS and his administration for the UN General secretary can bore off. I'm tired of hearing what a nice guy he is, I'd like someone to run the country. Notice how a question came in about Christmas gifts and showing generosity to people who disagree with you, and Corbyn's first instinct was to call Boris scrouge.

Thought Boris missed a trick when he was attacked about how long it would take to do a deal with the US and EU, Corbyn is saying that he can renegotiate a deal that's taken 3 years to put together in 6 months on one hand, yet saying negotiations with other countries will be impossible.

For me, Boris has already won the neutral vote.