he should stick to his guns and let them empty chair him

One 7 leader debate is daft enough, let alone two. He should just step away from that nonsense.

Very few people are going to bother watching an hour of Labour and 5 fringe parties bickering amongst themselves - no-one will do it twice.

It would be amusing to watch Miliband lose a debate to an empty chair but even that prospect isn't going to excite many people.

Unlike the rest of them, he does have a country to continue to run. Brown made the mistake of agreeing to them last time because he knew his stock couldn't get much worse - Cameron would only lose and he can't gain anything. Even if he 'wins' the debate, that just reinforces his bully-boy, PR boy, image. Blair was never daft enough to agree to these against Hague. Cameron would be mad to get embroiled in them now.

Posted By: CWC on March 6th 2015 at 18:07:15

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Interesting (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 6, 17:31:46
- Obviously not that sharp if not getting prompted by his lackeys. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 6, 19:03:39
- I'd be surprised if he showed up (General Chat) - Mecagoenti, Mar 6, 18:31:39
- I would personally pay double the licence fee for there never to be one of these ghastly (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 6, 18:08:54
- he should stick to his guns and let them empty chair him (General Chat) - CWC, Mar 6, 18:07:15
  - I'd forgotten about Hague/Blair (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 6, 18:12:38
- I don't think presidential style broadcasts should decide elections. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hulk Rules, Mar 6, 17:39:43
  - ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 6, 17:41:34
    - It's not a completely mad thing to say (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 6, 17:43:42
      - they don't decide elections though (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 6, 17:47:31
        
        shite enough to get into Government? (General Chat) - CWC, Mar 6, 18:09:39
        
        That was just to do with how badly Labour and the Tories did (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 6, 18:25:25
        
        not sure all 3 parties could have all done badly (General Chat) - CWC, Mar 6, 18:33:00
        
        They lost seats mainly because of boundary manipulation by Labour (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 6, 18:31:07
        
        True, and what we should learn from that is that debates tell you nothing apart from who's (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 6, 18:14:12
        
        Oh, right, I see. Sure. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 6, 17:49:52
        
        With the vote so close at the moment it's likely the debates would swing it (n/m) (General Chat) - Hulk Rules, Mar 6, 17:50:55
    - Too much emphasis. Local MPs vital too. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hulk Rules, Mar 6, 17:43:13
- ... (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 6, 17:38:15
- Good stuff (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 6, 17:34:54
- did he think the broadcasters would just cancel them? (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 6, 17:34:09
  - ballsy not to concede the pre april 1 to 1 (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 6, 17:41:09
  - I think he did. That's backfired. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Mar 6, 17:36:30
    - So far... (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 6, 17:38:53
      - Problem he has now, either way it looks cowardly. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Mar 6, 17:40:51
  - I think that was what most people thought, this time yesterday (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 6, 17:35:50
    - Yebbut - head to head would be on Sky/Channel 4. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Mar 6, 17:37:56
      - But the whole thing is a package (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 6, 17:40:08

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