Why won’t Theresa May take part in TV debates

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She is a totally awesome RWNJ

0% (0)

She is a coward and weak and feeble and pathetic and a liar

16% (2)

Her manifesto is a shambolic disgrace and ill thought out

25% (3)

Nicola “trout face” Sturgeon would trounce her

16% (2)

Jeremy Corbyn would trounce her

16% (2)

All the rest (look I have no idea who they are) would trounce her

16% (2)

Trump would trounce her (okay I went too far there didn’t I?)

8% (1)

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WickedsDesire -> Why won’t Theresa May take part in TV debates (5/31/2017 5:18:42 AM)
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he will take part in a seven-way BBC general election debate later tonight. Lib Dem leader Tim Farron, UKIP's Paul Nuttall, SNP deputy leader Angus Robertson, Green co-leader Caroline Lucas and Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood will participate. Theresa May has refused to take part in any debates, so Home Secretary Amber Rudd will be representing the Tories. Labour had said that Mr Corbyn would not attend unless Mrs May was there. Confirming he would be taking part, Mr Corbyn criticised the Tories for what he called "a stage-managed arms-length campaign". "Refusing to join me in Cambridge tonight would be another sign of Theresa May's weakness, not strength," he added. he is correct Depending which poll you believe they have a healthy lead but its falling. However the latest one-model suggest a hung parliament Now, if the 6 parties had any sense they would rip into Amber Rudd RWNJ party

WickedsDesire -> RE: Why won’t Theresa May take part in TV debates (5/31/2017 10:03:31 AM)
BBC debate: Theresa May defends no-show after Corbyn U-turn Theresa May has defended her absence from this evening's TV general election debate, saying she is taking questions "up and round the country" instead. Mrs May faced repeated questions after Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn changed his position and said he would take part. The Lib Dems, UKIP, SNP, Green Party and Plaid Cymru are also on the panel for the seven-way BBC debate in Cambridge, which starts at 19:30 BST. Home Secretary Amber Rudd will take part for the Tories. May and Corbyn face audience in debate Theresa May takes questions on the NHS - while Jeremy Corbyn is challenged by a business owner.

PeonForHer -> RE: Why won’t Theresa May take part in TV debates (5/31/2017 10:50:35 AM)
My view: various reasons, but a few of the most important are a) she has not just a manifesto, but a real-life record, to defend; b) everyone else will be more interested in attacking her than each other - so she'll get ganged-up on, c) the subconscious message is conveyed that she's only 'equal to all the others' rather than, as PM, aloof and superior thus, somewhat 'above arguing with the plebs'. Those three reasons apply to any incumbent PM. But the added reason, this time round, is that there's more of a progressive anti-Tory alliance vibe - people are much more inclined to be first-and-foremost anti-Tory than pro their own preferred progressive party. She's got something to lose by not engaging with her opponents in such a setting, but more to lose if she does. Or at least that's how Central Office will have judged it.

WhoreMods -> RE: Why won’t Theresa May take part in TV debates (5/31/2017 10:52:19 AM)
I think the main reason is that she has no reason to.

PeonForHer -> RE: Why won’t Theresa May take part in TV debates (5/31/2017 12:14:31 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: WhoreMods I think the main reason is that she has no reason to. With the gap closing fast in the polls between Lab and Con, and Corbyn now agreeing to debate with the others, that's somewhat less true.

WhoreMods -> RE: Why won’t Theresa May take part in TV debates (5/31/2017 12:21:59 PM)
Possibly (and I'd love to see Corbyn do a Trump), but inside her head, she's already won the election, so she has no interest in taking part in a debate.

PeonForHer -> RE: Why won’t Theresa May take part in TV debates (5/31/2017 1:12:55 PM)
Do you think so? I've been hearing rumours that the Tories are getting jittery now. The latest poll prediction by YouGov suggests the Govt might lose its majority. Other pollsters have worked out a bigger lead for the Tories, partly on account of their factoring it in that young people won't go out and actually vote. But there's a feeling that, this time round, they might get out of bed and do it this time.

WhoreMods -> RE: Why won’t Theresa May take part in TV debates (5/31/2017 1:18:11 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer Do you think so? I've been hearing rumours that the Tories are getting jittery now. The latest poll prediction by YouGov suggests the Govt might lose its majority. Other pollsters have worked out a bigger lead for the Tories, partly on account of their factoring it in that young people won't go out and actually vote. But there's a feeling that, this time round, they might get out of bed and do it this time. I spent the decade and a half up up to 97 watching various pollsters insisting that there was no way the Conservatives could maintain a majority, and that Foot/Kinnock/Smith would be forming a new labour government the morning after the election. Turned out that Labour had to acquire a party leader who was to the right of some Conservatives to get elected, so I can't really say I'm that optimistic about Corbyn's prospects.

PeonForHer -> RE: Why won’t Theresa May take part in TV debates (5/31/2017 1:53:52 PM)
There you go again with the negative waves, WM. :-(

Svale -> RE: Why won’t Theresa May take part in TV debates (5/31/2017 4:15:37 PM)
She is very bad at it.

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