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Post by PeterL on Apr 13, 2014 8:27:24 GMT
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Post by Ned Long on Apr 13, 2014 14:00:34 GMT
The problem is that Farage is leader of a fringe party that has no sitting MPs. Now if we were to afford him the free publicity that such a debate would give him, then we would have to extend the privilege to the leaders of all other fringe parties. I'm not sure that that would be a good idea; or even practicable.
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Post by Barney McGrew on Apr 14, 2014 5:55:03 GMT
The problem is that Farage is leader of a fringe party that has no sitting MPs. Now if we were to afford him the free publicity that such a debate would give him, then we would have to extend the privilege to the leaders of all other fringe parties. I'm not sure that that would be a good idea; or even practicable. The fact that a debate between the main party leaders and the leader of a party without a single MP is even being mentioned shows how strong support for Farage is. If I was a Tory I'd be telling Cameron not to risk it. He has the most to lose since he's already lied about a referendum and failed to cut immigration. A competent and confident speaker like Farage should have less trouble demolishing him than he did Clegg for the simple reason that Cameron is sitting on the fence over Europe making promises for change he can't deliver and knowing he can't cut immigration unless we actually leave the EU.
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Post by PeterL on Apr 14, 2014 7:37:25 GMT
The problem is that Farage is leader of a fringe party that has no sitting MPs. Now if we were to afford him the free publicity that such a debate would give him, then we would have to extend the privilege to the leaders of all other fringe parties. I'm not sure that that would be a good idea; or even practicable. The fact that a debate between the main party leaders and the leader of a party without a single MP is even being mentioned shows how strong support for Farage is. If I was a Tory I'd be telling Cameron not to risk it. He has the most to lose since he's already lied about a referendum and failed to cut immigration. A competent and confident speaker like Farage should have less trouble demolishing him than he did Clegg for the simple reason that Cameron is sitting on the fence over Europe making promises for change he can't deliver and knowing he can't cut immigration unless we actually leave the EU. Cameroon is hoping that he will win sufficient concessions from the EU to persuade us to vote to stay in
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Post by Barney McGrew on Apr 15, 2014 5:58:26 GMT
Cameroon is hoping that he will win sufficient concessions from the EU to persuade us to vote to stay in He won't win any significant concessions. Do you know any club that lets different members have different rules? If the EU allow us to change some rules to suit ourselves, every other country will want to do the same. That would make nonsense of the EU. All that will happen is promises, promises, promises. "We intend to....... we could......... we might.... talks.......talks.........talks......negotiations......negotiations......negotiations......"
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