Detailed Press Briefings

[Oliver]

While I was watching all the US political, mostly rather poorly articualted and often embarrassing bickering&babbling in the last months, I completely missed to listen to one of the new Prime Minister's speeches. Yesterday I stumbled over Gordon Brown's last Press Briefing and I was shocked.

Not only did he actually answer all the questions imposed on him, but he's actually capable - and more importantly willing - to give highly detailed and articulate answers, giving details about who is working on what program and problem and what solutions the government has in mind for those:

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So my questions to the British members in here is:

Since such an articulate person won't get it into the White House this year anyway, are those monthly Briefings always as open and detailed as this one - and was his intelligent rhetoric one of the reasons why he got Prime Minister in the first place? :confused:

[RandFan]

So my questions to the British members in here is:

Since such an articulate person won't get it into the White House this year anyway...:D

So, here is the question for non-Americans, since Americans are fat, lazy and stupid, is the French Rivera still a good place to vacation?

You really kill me Oliver.

[WildCat]

Another Oliver thread, same as the rest...

[Undesired Walrus]

The London Mayoral election is accountable, the words falling out of Brown's mouth are not.

[Tailgater]

Watch cspan for a day and you will see alot of the same.


Since such an articulate person won't get it into the White House this year anyway,

What does this part of the sentence....

are those monthly Briefings always as open and detailed as this one - and was his intelligent rhetoric one of the reasons why he got Prime Minister in the first place?

.....have to do with this part.

Yup, another typical Oliver thread.

[MarkCorrigan]

While I was watching all the US political, mostly rather poorly articualted and often embarrassing bickering&babbling in the last months, I completely missed to listen to one of the new Prime Minister's speeches. Yesterday I stumbled over Gordon Brown's last Press Briefing and I was shocked.

Not only did he actually answer all the questions imposed on him, but he's actually capable - and more importantly willing - to give highly detailed and articulate answers, giving details about who is working on what program and problem and what solutions the government has in mind for those:

-515422075791472521
So my questions to the British members in here is:

Since such an articulate person won't get it into the White House this year anyway, are those monthly Briefings always as open and detailed as this one - and was his intelligent rhetoric one of the reasons why he got Prime Minister in the first place? :confused:
Do you know how our PM is selected?

[Pardalis]

Since such an articulate person won't get it into the White House this year anyway

True, the next president will not be in office until january 2009.

[ZeeGerman]

:D

So, here is the question for non-Americans, since Americans are fat, lazy and stupid, is the French Rivera still a good place to vacation?

You really kill me Oliver.
Nope, not only is it often full of French, it's also crowded with Russians these days :D

[dudalb]

Since such an articulate person won't get it into the White House this year anyway,

Translation: Ron Paul won't be elected this year.
Yeah, Same Old Biological Waste Matter from Oliver.

[NoZed Avenger]

Perhaps you could lobby for a similar system in Germany . . . .

. . . once you start bothering to even vote.

[Undesired Walrus]

Seeing how 99.9% of the population of Britain did not vote Brown in as prime minister, I think we can safely say it was not out of his intellectual ability.

Perhaps it was his ability to peel an orange, who knows.

[Oliver]

:D

So, here is the question for non-Americans, since Americans are fat, lazy and stupid, is the French Rivera still a good place to vacation?

You really kill me Oliver.


Huh? I doubt that there are a lot of lazy and stupid people in the US Government. The point rather is that you don't hear a lot of straight talk in White House Press Briefings nor within the election process. That's why it was almost shocking to listen to the Prime Ministers speech - in a positive way: No "emotion appeals" but facts and clear answers.

Watch cspan for a day and you will see alot of the same.

What does this part of the sentence....
.....have to do with this part.

Yup, another typical Oliver thread.


Well, I doubt that straight talk will get you into the highest public position for the reasons above.

Do you know how our PM is selected?


If I'm not mistaken, he's appointed by the leading parties leadership, right?
But I don't know for sure if the Prime Minister has to be a member of the Parliament to get appointed.

Translation: Ron Paul won't be elected this year.
Yeah, Same Old Biological Waste Matter from Oliver.


Ron Paul certainly isn't a great speaker - unfortunately. But he certainly is a straight talker, no matter if you're opposed to the content of his speeches or not.

[Oliver]

True, the next president will not be in office until january 2009.


Are there similar monthly briefings by Mr. Harper? Would be interesting to listen to what he has to say about geopolitical topics.

[MarkCorrigan]

If I'm not mistaken, he's appointed by the leading parties leadership, right?
But I don't know for sure if the Prime Minister has to be a member of the Parliament to get appointed.


Nope.

He IS the leader of the party. Each of the party leaders will become PM if the party wins the general election. The leadership of the party is (can at any rate) be voted for by all members of the party, whether they are actually government members or grassroots ones. If the party leader loses his seat in government even if his party wins he cannot be made PM unless he is immediately seated in the House of Lords.

[Oliver]

Nope.

He IS the leader of the party. Each of the party leaders will become PM if the party wins the general election. The leadership of the party is (can at any rate) be voted for by all members of the party, whether they are actually government members or grassroots ones. If the party leader loses his seat in government even if his party wins he cannot be made PM unless he is immediately seated in the House of Lords.


So how does someone get the party leader in the first place - who appoints him?

[MarkCorrigan]

So how does someone get the party leader in the first place - who appoints him?

Really? From my post which you quoted.

The leadership of the party is (can at any rate) be voted for by all members of the party, whether they are actually government members or grassroots ones.

[RandFan]

Huh? I know, it hurts. Try rubbing your temples. It helps.