Has anyone here ever watched the British House of Commons on C-Span?

[Stop_the_War]

It is actually very entertaining, alot of yelling and screaming! And Blair is such an asshole!

[Fleshdancer]

1. YES! I love it

Could you imagine if we did that here? Bush wouldn't stand a chance.

[Taxloss]

5. I can't imagine Bush in Prime Minister's Questions.

He'd disintegrate.

[Mojambo]

2. Hell yeah

It's awesome. I love how they grumble and hiss at eachother.

We totally need to do it that way here.

[Taxloss]

14. It was very criticised in the 1990s.

After they brought in cameras. Some of the media criticised it for being too divisive and confrontational, and there was talk of new rules to enforce decorum. But then it was discovered that people liked it the way it was and it actually meant less polarisation in the public, because they felt their political debates were being adequately aired by their elected representatives.

A lesson there for the US, I think.

[Mojambo]

15. Yeah, we have it here

except it's more of a cable opinion puppet show.

[Huckebein the Raven]

3. I watch it from time to time

I enjoy it too.

[Taxloss]

4. It was a freaking disgrace today.

A chance to discuss Iraq, and the place has hardly anyone in it! Disgraceful. Leaving democratic accountability to Plaid Cymru, ferchrissakes.

[mirror]

8. its great!!!

but the problem is mr tony never answers the question hes been asked!

[Taxloss]

10. He is the master of the non-answer, the non-explanation and the

non-apology. Like in the speech in Davos a few days ago when he said "I pay great attention to this country's civil liberties." So, Tony, does that mean you're for them or against them?

But he's not the first political leader to avoid answering questions, and he won't be the last.

After all, he's up against Michael Howard, who was famously asked the same question 14 times by Jeremy Paxman and still didn't answer it.

[mopinko]

6. i move

that we bring question time to congress. i love it. i relish the thought of *, or st ron on the hot seat.

[maxsolomon]

7. Bush would never have made it past junior MP

he'd be exposed as a fraud. you actually have to be articulate in parliament.

[paineinthearse]

9. I love PM questions

* would not last a second, he's too "challanged". Could you see Joe Biden or Charlie Rangle asking a series of pointed questions?

[KharmaTrain]

11. Imagine Answer Time Here...

Always a Sunday night treat...

Imagine Bunnypants facing a Maxine Waters or Bernie Sanders asking questions. I'd love it.

This was how Blair came to fame...be would blow away Majors every week...just lambasting the bastard in those weekly sessions and it helped him win in '97.

The problem is, it's easy to think you're watching a Monty Python skectch if you watch too long...expecting the guy with the chicken to come out and say "move along...now for something completely different..."

[paineinthearse]

16. OR.....

This is getting to be too silly!!!!



Clerk: I'm not prepared to pursue my line of inquiry any longer as I think this is getting too silly!

Sergeant-Major: Quite agree, quite agree, too silly, far too silly...

[AlCzervik]

12. Why yes my right honarable friend i do indeed watch!

Charlezzz Kennedy???? He's my favorite.

[Rapcw]

13. its the best thing on c-span!

how come our senate can't be passionate like they are?

[ooglymoogly]

17. hear hear

chortle hiss booo

[tjwash]

18. Oh they have had knock-down drag-outs in there before.

nt

[MrSlayer]

19. Yeah I watch every week.

I wish we had this type of thing here. I do not agree with Tony Blair's policies but there is no doubt he's a smart guy. Could you imagine Chimpy having to answer complex questions off the top of his head or with a few short notes? It would be high comedy.

[proudbluestater]

20. I love it and think we NEED it here so * remembers he DOES have

to answer to somebody.

[driver8]

21. Did you see the SNL skit?

Will Ferrell kept standing up and saying, "Oasis is the greatest rock band in the world!"

Colin Quinn was a representative from Ireland and he stood up and asked, "I'd like to know what kind of car the prime minister is driving home."

Funny stuff...