In question time Wednesday February 24, Gordon Brown had to answer though questions. He appeared engaged, interested and sincerely concerned with the issues that were presented. His body language projected that he was restless and at the same time very focused on answering the questions in the best way. Any how, the Prime Minister did not answer all the questions as correctly as others, maybe because he did not have a good enough answer prepared for those questions. The debate started calmly, but after a while the temperature was raised to a higher level. It’s not hard to see that the MP’s are involved in the topics that they are presenting.
The ongoing election that takes place in Britain gives the politicians the opportunity to have TV-debates with question time. This occurs when MP’s ask questions of Government Ministers which they are obliged to answer. The questions that are asked in these TV-debates are usually pre-arranged by the organizers of each party and are intended to allow the Minister to discuss the virtues of government policy, or to attack the opposition. Skilled Ministers will often attempt to turn around the opposition’s question, but there is not allowed to lie or providing misleading answers to Parliament.
In the USA they do not have Question Time for the President, but he shall from time to time give the Congress information of the State of Union.
You give a lively description of the debate. I like it even though it is a little difficult for me to read if you are pro Labour or the Conservatives in this article. When it comes to televised programs you mix the two different occurrences. Televised question time has been on air for a long time. What is new is the tv debates they will allow before the election.
SvarSlett