Sentences with phrase «televised political debates»

[10] Also in 2007, Cameron used the website to challenge Gordon Brown to a live televised political debate as he prepared to succeed Tony Blair as Prime Minister, arguing the format had proved useful for discussing «serious policy issues» during the 2005 Conservative leadership election.

Is the moderator of a televised political debate bound by the same obligation to avoid even the appearance of impropriety as is a judge?

Not exact matches

If I were making the decisions, I would invite the leader's from all the political parties to join the televised debate, but because the decision is being made by a private television company I can understand how they came to this conclusion.

Republican Jack Martins and Democrat Laura Curran, the major party candidates for Nassau County executive, squared off Monday in their only televised debate, with each pledging to root out political corruption and improve the county's lagging finances.

Throughout the campaign for the 7 May elections, Miliband insisted that David Cameron should debate him one on one as part of a televised election broadcast [104] in order to highlight differences in policies between the two major parties, but this was never to happen, with the pair instead being interviewed separately by Jeremy Paxman as part of the first major televised political broadcast of the election involving multiple parties.

Steve Greenberg, a political analyst and spokesman for Siena College polls, says there are good reasons, strategically, why an incumbent governor like Cuomo, who's far ahead in the polls from his nearest opponent, would avoid appearing in a televised debate with just his major party challenger.

Welsh political leaders have clashed over the NHS, immigration, and the economy in the first televised all - Wales debate of the election campaign.

The leaders of seven political parties are gearing up for a live, two - hour televised general election debate.

Andrew Neil's Morning Report for Thursday looks forward to the televised debate between seven political leaders later that day in Salford.

Political rivals have accused him of running scared after he said he would only take part in one televised debate, featuring seven party leaders, ahead of the election.

The country's political landscape was changed forever with the first - ever televised leaders debates.

Televised debates between the leaders of the three main political parties are set to take place in the run - up to the general election, for the first time.

In a further sign of the febrile atmosphere, the main broadcasters, including the BBC, have contacted the political parties to ask about their views on holding another televised leader debate.

A clever political strike, trying to turn to the Coalition's advantage the Tories» embarrassment at having been forced to protect these benefits for pensioners because of David Cameron's cowardice during the televised debates during the election campaign in April.

The leaders of seven political parties have clashed over the economy, immigration, health and Britain's future in a televised election debate.