Letter: The TV leaders debate gave us a lot of nothing

On 4th June I, like many others, I witnessed what I would call an absolute disaster on TV. Two party leaders going head to head in verbal combat in order to put their policies forward in an effort to win further votes.

What did we get? virtually nothing.

Both spent valuable time slagging each other off in an effort to show the public who was the stronger of the two. All they succeeded in doing was to show potential voters that both of them were pretty low grade individuals, let alone respectable high ranking politicians, and to make matters worse, one or the other will be heading the party that will be running the country in a few weeks.

I despair! If these two are the best leaders that their parties can come up with, god help us all because we are going to need it.

Actually, ITV was to blame as well. I don’t know who put this programme together, but whoever they were are in the wrong job. Too many questions to be answered in too short a space of time, and that was mainly taken up by the slanging match. The invigilator was ineffectual and could not keep order but instead of telling two naughty boys to shut up, she spent her time waving her arms around in the air and getting nowhere.

The backdrop was also very poor as it distracted the eye from the combatants.

If this bear garden continues as we advance towards the election, I wouldn’t blame anyone who decided not to vote at all. The only trouble with that is that it increases the chance of us ending up with the wrong winner. Your vote does matter believe you me.

John Walsh

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