Waste Of Time

[weecalf]

Why are hours and hours of viewing time wasted talking to MPs .We never get a straight answer ,the always swing it round so as to repeat what sounds good but nothing new ever comes out of these interviews . Has the last three years not shown us what politics is all about . The people need better .

[Bazile]

Politicians giving a straight answer ?

Now there's an oxymoron

[THECORBYLOON]

Is that not partly the fault of those conducting the interview? Politicians are skilled at wasting time which means fewer questions can be asked.

Kenneth Clare has a tendency to ignore attempts to put further points to him and he drones on, complete with his "um, um, um" and "but, but, but" hesitations.

[Bazile]

I don't think it's the fault of the interviewer

Politicians will simply not give a straight answer , nearly all the time , despite the interviewer repeatedly asking them the same question

[teacake44]

I think there's lots of politicians on AB, a straight on here is almost impossible to get :)

[bodeker]

I sometimes watch the Parliamentary channel on T.V. and I am amazed at all the waffling that goes on plus half of them sound as if they have swallowed a dictionary full of words that have never been used before . As weecalf said You end up shouting at telly , Just give us a straight bloody answer !

[andy-hughes]

This is where we need the late lamented Brian Walden, an expert at pinning down elusive politicians - having been one, he knew how they operated!!

[gingejbee]

It's only "hours and hours of viewing time wasted" if you actually watch....if you don't watch, you haven't wasted any of your viewing time at all.

[fairfax]

When MPs are elected they are operated on to remove the words Yes and No from the brains and a waffle gene implanted.