I do hate it when our politicians (of all colours) refuse to answer questions, and, instead, start blaming the opposition for all their ills.
Starmer was famous for it, and I'm sorry to say that his replacement, The Mayor of England, is doing exactly the same.
At this week's PMQ's, Kemi asked him a very simple question (twice); "Why is it OK to drill for oil in The Falkland Islands (The Sea Lion oil field), but not nearer to home in the North Sea?" An easy question that is not beyond his capabilities to answer, yet as usual he simply turned the question around and started blaming The Tories.
Even in the days when I participated in my school's Debating Society, no-one would have been allowed to get away with such evasion.
Both Mrs T and Boris would have wiped the bloody floor with him, and rightfully so.... Kemi just despaired, and laughed at him as usual; and continued with her next question (also unanswered)!
We all understand that the most important task for any PM is to keep his/her job, but just occasionally it is clear to everyone that there are better ways of doing so. With so many people watching PMQ's every week, maybe his best shot would be to answer questions clearly and truthfully.
What does he have to hide?
What he has to hide is incompetence. We have been blessed with some awful prime ministers but this one will be up there with the worst of them. He gets an easy ride as the opposition is little better.
ReplyDeleteI quite like Kemi, she's intelligent, tenacious, and asks the right questions.
DeleteNot just the Falklands - closer to home, the UK buys oil and gas from Norway from wells just a few miles from the UK sector that this insane government refuses to allow further development in. So, we hand over tax revenues, jobs, business activity to another country when we could have that for ourselves. Even by the utterly idiotic nonsense of Net Zero it still makes no sense - the oil and gas gets used here anyway but we get negative economic benefit from it.
ReplyDeleteI really do despair at the sheer, unbelievable, incompetence of supposedly intelligent people - the destructive socialist mindset has a lot to answer for.
What struck me was his refusal to explain why we are prepared to drill several thousand miles away, but not on our own doorstep. There is no logic to it.
DeleteFrom my observations watching PMQ's over the years, Starmer was literally the worst for evading questions. And now with Mr Burnham-on-Sea in charge, it's clear for all to see that being influenced by the dreadful Starmer in not ever giving a proper answer to any question, Burnham knows that he can now get away with it as well. And the Speaker of the House seems to do nothing about it.
ReplyDeleteBurnham even turns his non-answers into questions, as if it's 'Questions to the Leader of the Opposition'. A simple explanation about the oil drilling can't have been that difficult.
DeletePeut être pouvez vous simplement expliquer pourquoi BP s'est retiré ? Il y a d'énormes risques écologiques et les réserves à forer ne sont pas très importantes, mais vous le savez 8certainement beaucoup mieux.
ReplyDeleteSujet ardu pour un dimanche. Je
préférerais une ballade pastorale.
Huguette
Just because you are an extreme left-winger doesn't mean that you are obliged to agree with all their crazy policies or propaganda. Yet again you try to change the subject. I was writing about Burnham's inability to answer a question!!!
DeleteIn English ;-)
DeleteMaybe you can simply explain why BP pulled out? There are huge environmental risks and the reserves to drill aren't very big, but you certainly know that much better. Tough subject for a Sunday. I'd prefer a pastoral walk.
Une interprète simultanée.Ce blog est plein de surprises .
DeleteHuguette
Mr.Cro pouquoi vous m'agressez systématiquement ?! Vous ne connaissez ni mes positions politiques , ni ma vie en général. Vous racontez beaucoup sur votre quotidien, vos opinions politiques et sociales et même privées. Mes vieux parents (un tout petit peu plus jeunes que vous) deviennent plus souples et sereins avec l'âge ce qui n'est pas votre cas.Que vient faire cette interprète ? Ne sait elle pas que vous parlez et comprenez parfaitement lle français? Bien à vous
DeletePS: Dans votre bio vous écrivez de respecter l'environnement ...quand je parle des risques du foragje vous faites de moi une personne d'extrème gauche. Je crois que les habitants des Iles Shetland pensent comme moi.
Huguette
J'étudie pour obtenir un diplôme en psychologie. Lire, regarder, écouter et observer m'aide beaucoup. Le cerveau humain se développe sur une période de temps, et il ne va pas toujours dans la bonne direction. Burnham cache la vérité. Il ne peut pas l'admettre parce qu'il suit des ordres.
DeleteOf course I know Cro, he tells us stories of his life in France. Anyone who reads my blog knows that I don't take life too seriously. I am having fun with translating. No point in getting your knickers in a twist. Cro can talk about any subject he likes, it's his blog.
DeleteI watched the same PMQs and saw things very differently from you. Badenoch is a clown. Andy Burnham has nothing to hide but his burning desire to drive improvement in this country in spite of requiring some elements of pain along the way. Badenoch is like The pied Piper leading her backward-looking party to oblivion.
ReplyDeleteIn which case, why can't he answer a simple question?
DeleteI seldom watch PMQs as my experience they are all performance pieces and will limited information content. Point scoring at its worst.
ReplyDeleteIt has become a bit of a joke, with plenty of planted questions for Burnham to answer comfortably. I think The Speaker should intervene to make him answer the tricky questions!
DeleteIt has always been thus with easy lob questions from the party in power.
DeleteAs an ordinary member of the voting public, I want the PM to actually answer questions. The question of drilling for oil really wasn't that difficult for him, so why did he avoid it so blatantly? There must be some reason behind his reluctance.
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