Yesterday I watched the long debate which took place a few weeks ago between Melanchon & Zemmour. 3 observations in a 🧵
1. the level of arguments & discussion - even between these 2 extremist politicians- was way, way above the standards of UK politics.
1. the level of arguments & discussion - even between these 2 extremist politicians- was way, way above the standards of UK politics.
This was a genuine debate of ideas & principles. It so happens that I disagree with most of them but it was genuinely interesting.
2. After the end of each discussion theme - e.g. immigration, security, defence- the debate stopped for a Fact Checker which corrected false
2. After the end of each discussion theme - e.g. immigration, security, defence- the debate stopped for a Fact Checker which corrected false
assertions & statistics of the 2 candidates, giving them a chance to reply when they were corrected. This showed up the mendacity of Zemmour: when corrected with genuine statistics, he attacked the statistics provenance. Melanchon was far more gracious.
3.Whatever one thought of these individuals, this was good politics i.e. a genuine debate of ideas & 2 competing vision of the world, not a Punch & Judy exchange of 3 words slogans. It brought to light the degradation of the political debate in the UK.
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