Why won't Theresa May take part in a TV debate?

[hackey lad]

leaders debates are absolutely classless .We are slowly going down the the American celebrity route

[apelike]

Is it to promote Labour's equality and fairness for all in the face of stringent cuts, agenda?

 

Well that cant be it as they go all out for positive discrimination.

[Anna B]

Well that cant be it as they go all out for positive discrimination.

Not sure what you mean. You seem to have taken my comment out of context.

 

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leaders debates are absolutely classless .We are slowly going down the the American celebrity route

 

Well they certainly seem to be getting more complicated. No one seems to know what they're voting for anymore. It's certainly not like the old days.

 

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Actually, I think Theresa May will do the TV debates in the end.

 

I can't see how she can honourably get out of it. If the opposition is so crap, what has she got to fear?

[apelike]

Not sure what you mean. You seem to have taken my comment out of context.

 

Not really, what I was saying is that Labour cannot really believe in equality and fairness as they also use positive discrimination which is not based on equality, and also not fair.

[Bob Arctor]

Theresa May hardly ever gives a straight answer to a straight question, so it's no surprise she is ducking a televised debate.

[willman]

I don't think televised debates are a true reflection on anything, if you believe what is presented on TV soundbites you'd have voted Brexit for the £350 million going back into the NHS.

 

Oooops some people were that gullible.

[nowt2pctoday]

Theresa May hardly ever gives a straight answer to a straight question, so it's no surprise she is ducking a televised debate.

 

hardly ducking it as they have pm questions weekly? it would serve no purpose apart from a media love in, she has far more important things to do with her time right now.

[Hairyloon]

Theresa May hardly ever gives a straight answer to a straight question, so it's no surprise she is ducking a televised debate.

 

hardly ducking it as they have pm questions weekly? it would serve no purpose apart from a media love in, she has far more important things to do with her time right now.

 

I was watching a clip of PMQ yesterday in which she was lecturing him on how it works.

She said: "Week in and week out he stands up and asks me questions, and I respond to those questions..."

You may note that she says "respond" to the questions and does not claim to answer them an unusual and revealing display of honesty I think.

 

In a proper debate, a good chair would push her for proper answers

[TheNugget]

The answer is fairly straight forward and basic tactics.

The Tories have a big lead in the polls, therefore there is nothing to gain and everything to lose.

 

I'm not sure where this obsession with debates has come from, it was never even a thing a few years ago.

 

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I was watching a clip of PMQ yesterday in which she was lecturing him on how it works.

She said: "Week in and week out he stands up and asks me questions, and I respond to those questions..."

You may note that she says "respond" to the questions and does not claim to answer them an unusual and revealing display of honesty I think.

 

Or perhaps you are reading too much into a simple choice of words on the fly?

[Hairyloon]

Or perhaps you are reading too much into a simple choice of words on the fly?

 

i'm not reading anything into them, simply observing her accidentally stating the true facts.