Is it a waste of time when the Bliar doesn't answer the questions?
2007-01-09 23:29:23 · 9 answers · asked by Tony M 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It is a farce and is thwarted by the rules that allow his own party to book time and table questions that minimise the time for the PM to answer opposition questions.
As with all politicians the art of "Political Speak" is to decive, scheme and talk a lot for a long time and say nothing.
A bit of honesty would be very refreshing for all of the long suffering electrorate.
2007-01-09 23:46:02 · answer #1 · answered by ian d 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Back in the dark days of 1964 Harold Wilson said-- Iam the leader of the orchestra but I cannot play all the instruments.The reason Tony Blair does not answer questions is that unlike Harold he has become a ONE MAN BAND!!!
2007-01-10 07:36:44 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I sometimes think the primary purpose of PMs Questions is so that MPs can pin Blair down on any given subject, and distort and/or misquote him at a later date.
Whether he's actually answered the question himself is irrelevant really......he's spoken the words and has to be seen to stand by them.
2007-01-10 07:37:36 · answer #3 · answered by lou b 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. What's the point in David Cameron asking a perfectly reasonable question about 27,000 criminal files in the Home Office when we the people do not get an answer to it?
2007-01-10 07:39:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Whatever the topic he answers the question immediately by reading from the papers in front of him, the only other one that could do that is David Copperfield.
2014-03-05 09:35:25 · answer #5 · answered by David G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blair has being avoiding questions about here and now by spouting propaganda about years and years ago for ages. Why have you taken this long to notice?
2007-01-10 18:13:41 · answer #6 · answered by LongJohns 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Twas ever such..but the better the opposition the more the PM, any PM squirms. Any way it's the PM's job not to answer, isn't it?
2007-01-10 07:35:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Same as Harold MacMillan didn't, nor Harold Wilson, nor Jim Callaghan, nor Margaret Thatcher, nor John Major.
So, your point was?
2007-01-10 07:34:06 · answer #8 · answered by Superdog 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
YES HE DOES SEEM TO AVOID THE QUESTIONS AND IT IS A WASTE4 OF TIME...HE WILL BE NOT MISSED WHEN HE GOES
2007-01-10 07:34:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋