UK Politics

Question time is a happening at the parliament where the members of the parliament ask questions of Ministers of Government. This also includes the Prime Minister, and the little tweak is that the Ministers are obligated to answer. The actual time differs from day to day, but it is always for an hour. The Prime Minister answers questions in the Commons every Wednesday.

Gordon Brown appeared as a very eccentric man, as he frequently gesticulates to add to his arguments. He did it in a very controlled way however, and he did show a great sense of humor. That really added to his argumentation, and I also have to say that I was really surprised by how informal they are inside the Commons. It also seemed like he was on the defensive end rather than attacking people, and he backed up his arguments by telling the MPs statistics.

All the questions did get answered, but I don't think they were all answered properly. A thing we often saw was that the MPs and Ministers just tried to push the question in another direction, or just to try to change the topic.

David Cameron seemed rather un-prepared, as he frequently focused on personal attacks rather than making a statement based on the politics of his party. To me it feels dumb to try to trample on the Prime Minister when the next election is "right around the corner."

The debate in itself was rather heated, but it really depended on the topics under discussion. The reason for that is that there are bigger differences between the parties on different topics, which means that there will be more heated debates when discussing for example the wages of the Scottish MPs. Also, I would like to add that The Speaker did a great job at interrupting the MPs when things got out of control,

I think the election will end in favor of the Conservatives, as both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown has been failures, so I think that the British people wants to see a change in government.

-Mathias