I read that this is actually very common with the press, across all the major parties. He's not avoiding any questions, but the party has got a message that they want to be broadcast, and they don't want to run any risks having something that they didn't want said publicized.
This is why I hate politics, and the electorate. Politics isn't about what anyone believes anymore, it's about offending the fewest amount of people. Both parties have been moving towards the middle and soon we'll end up like the US - a dominant two party system who are virtually identical to one another.
The public need to be more involved with politics, and actually be bothered to hear what politicians have to say - but also they need to decide what they believe. 'We'll screw you over the least' is a terrible political campaign, but it's all we get nowadays.
I'm not sure about that. I think the US parties are further apart than the UK big three have been for a while and that's to be expected really when you have a two party system.
First point is spot on though, politicians are given certain lines by their PR men which they are expected to parrot regardless of what the question is actually asking. Miliband's PR people might have at least expected him to vary slightly what he was saying whilst still essentially repeating the same message though, as it was it just sounded dreadful.
Also the interviewer should be sacked, no way should he have let Miliband get away with that, he's BBC so it's not like he had to be scared of upsetting him. _________________ Shut up mate you're boring!
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