GM
Yep Cameron and Craig Oliver have basically made the broadcasters their bitch.
It's laughable, I just wished the broadcasters had gone ahead with the original proposals and empty chaired the wee rodent...
It's laughable, I just wished the broadcasters had gone ahead with the original proposals and empty chaired the wee rodent...
DV
Just checked the Parliament Website and it's interesting that the Cameron - Miliband Sky/Channel 4 interviews on Thursday Evening WILL be held once Parliament effectively rises. The ongoing presumption has always been that Friday would be the last day of this Parliament. It now seems that this session is to end on Thursday, around mid afternoon. A minor win for Miliband there.
NJ
Neil Jones
Founding member
The schedule says Parliament is due to be dissolved on the 30th, but there is business scheduled for the 27th.
It's most probably going to be that the Thursday will see the Prorogation routine (Black Rod, door slamming, etc) and then Dissolution on the Monday as planned.
It's most probably going to be that the Thursday will see the Prorogation routine (Black Rod, door slamming, etc) and then Dissolution on the Monday as planned.
DV
From the website ....
The House is not sitting on Friday 27 March. The business listed below will not be proceeded with unless the House agrees to sit on this date.
It's clear from Thursday's business that it's the last day
9.30am Oral questions
Business, Innovation and Skills, including Topical Questions
Consideration of any Lords amendments
If necessary, there will be consideration of Lords amendments
Backbench Business
There will be an opportunity for retiring members to make short valedictory speeches
Business
The House may also be asked to consider any Lords messages which may be received
Adjournment
Subject to be announced
The business in italics being crucial to the end of session, defacto, wrap up.
The House is not sitting on Friday 27 March. The business listed below will not be proceeded with unless the House agrees to sit on this date.
It's clear from Thursday's business that it's the last day
9.30am Oral questions
Business, Innovation and Skills, including Topical Questions
Consideration of any Lords amendments
If necessary, there will be consideration of Lords amendments
Backbench Business
There will be an opportunity for retiring members to make short valedictory speeches
Business
The House may also be asked to consider any Lords messages which may be received
Adjournment
Subject to be announced
The business in italics being crucial to the end of session, defacto, wrap up.
NJ
Neil Jones
Founding member
The Parliament prorogation in 2010 was also done on the Thursday, April 8th 2010 and dissolved the following Monday ahead of the election on May 6th. Which surprised me when I looked it up as that was only a month before the election; this year it's at least a week longer. Thank the Fixed Parliaments Act for that.
JK
ITV News
http://www.itv.com/news/2015-03-24/details-of-the-itv-leaders-debate-announced/
Quote:
Details of the ITV Leaders' Debate announced
The First Election Debate on ITV in 2010 made broadcasting history, and was the most watched factual programme of any kind during that year, with more than nine million viewers throughout its 90-minute duration.
This year on April 2nd at 8pm, Julie Etchingham will host and moderate the first leaders’ debate of the 2015 General Election campaign. It will feature seven party leaders - David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage, Nicola Sturgeon, Natalie Bennett and Leanne Wood - in The ITV Leaders’ Debate.
During the two-hour live debate, leaders will have the opportunity to address questions posed by the studio audience. The leaders' will not see these questions in advance of the debate.
The format will allow each leader to give an uninterrupted answer to a question and then would open up the debate to a moderated discussion between the leaders, for up to around 17 to 18 minutes on each question.
The studio audience selected will be demographically representative of the country as a whole and politically balanced.
The First Election Debate on ITV in 2010 made broadcasting history
The First Election Debate on ITV in 2010 made broadcasting history Credit: ITV News
ITV will ask the selected audience for their questions, as well as ITV viewers, who have been asked to submit questions via debate@itv.com
Studio audience questions and viewer questions will be seen by an experienced editorial selection panel, who will decide which questions go forward to the debate on the night. If viewers' questions are chosen, these viewers will be invited to be a part of the audience at the debate on April 2nd.
The debate will be produced by ITV Studios, and the location will, as in 2010, be confirmed closer to transmission.
The ITV Leaders' Debate will give viewers the opportunity to see party leaders engaging in debate on significant issues, ahead of what is on course to be the most tightly contested election in recent memory.
The First Election Debate on ITV in 2010 made broadcasting history, and was the most watched factual programme of any kind during that year, with more than nine million viewers throughout its 90-minute duration.
This year on April 2nd at 8pm, Julie Etchingham will host and moderate the first leaders’ debate of the 2015 General Election campaign. It will feature seven party leaders - David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage, Nicola Sturgeon, Natalie Bennett and Leanne Wood - in The ITV Leaders’ Debate.
During the two-hour live debate, leaders will have the opportunity to address questions posed by the studio audience. The leaders' will not see these questions in advance of the debate.
The format will allow each leader to give an uninterrupted answer to a question and then would open up the debate to a moderated discussion between the leaders, for up to around 17 to 18 minutes on each question.
The studio audience selected will be demographically representative of the country as a whole and politically balanced.
The First Election Debate on ITV in 2010 made broadcasting history
The First Election Debate on ITV in 2010 made broadcasting history Credit: ITV News
ITV will ask the selected audience for their questions, as well as ITV viewers, who have been asked to submit questions via debate@itv.com
Studio audience questions and viewer questions will be seen by an experienced editorial selection panel, who will decide which questions go forward to the debate on the night. If viewers' questions are chosen, these viewers will be invited to be a part of the audience at the debate on April 2nd.
The debate will be produced by ITV Studios, and the location will, as in 2010, be confirmed closer to transmission.
The ITV Leaders' Debate will give viewers the opportunity to see party leaders engaging in debate on significant issues, ahead of what is on course to be the most tightly contested election in recent memory.
http://www.itv.com/news/2015-03-24/details-of-the-itv-leaders-debate-announced/
WH
Whataday
Founding member
Cameron may have got his own way, but all the way through this I've thought he's had a very valid point that he hasn't made clearly enough. Broadcasters wanted to shoehorn Nigel Farage in as a contender on a par with Cameron, Milliband and Clegg. That simply isn't the case, and UKIP are far more comparable to the Greens.
The broadcasters basically wanted Farage to add value (and therefore ratings) to the programmes.
The broadcasters basically wanted Farage to add value (and therefore ratings) to the programmes.
:-(
A former member
Yet there revised the format a few times to keep DC happy, hence the reason, for the head to head debate.
BA
Ofcom were the ones who declared UKIP a major party. Considering the high likelihood of a hung parliament after the vote, smaller parties are of greater importance than they would be otherwise.
Cameron may have got his own way, but all the way through this I've thought he's had a very valid point that he hasn't made clearly enough. Broadcasters wanted to shoehorn Nigel Farage in as a contender on a par with Cameron, Milliband and Clegg. That simply isn't the case, and UKIP are far more comparable to the Greens.
The broadcasters basically wanted Farage to add value (and therefore ratings) to the programmes.
The broadcasters basically wanted Farage to add value (and therefore ratings) to the programmes.
Ofcom were the ones who declared UKIP a major party. Considering the high likelihood of a hung parliament after the vote, smaller parties are of greater importance than they would be otherwise.