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Jan 30, 2024 · Before 2010 the UK was considered unusual in developed democracies in not holding televised debates between party leaders during general election campaigns. Contrasts were often made with practices in the United States, where leader debates are well established.
- Hazel Armstrong, Neil Johnston
- 2021
May 27, 2024 · Although a staple of US politics since the 1950s, the first TV debates in the UK didn't take place until the 2010 general election. Before then "the UK was considered unusual in developed ...
Jun 20, 2024 · Live audiences finally became a staple of British electoral programming from the mid-1970s, but it took another three decades for party leaders to agree to a full-blown televised head-to-head, mainly because the risks were, and are, so high.
Jun 4, 2024 · It was 50 years after the Nixon-JFK clash before TV debates between party leaders in general election campaigns began in the UK. There were three in 2010, hosted by ITV, Sky News and the BBC.
Analysis of the twelve British general election campaigns after the 1960 US presidential encounter between Nixon and Kennedy point to a clear pattern of why they did not happen in the UK for fifty years, despite the fact that all the major parties – albeit at different times – spoke up in favour.
Feb 29, 2012 · The impact of the TV debates during the 2010 Election campaign has led many to assume they will now become a permanent feature of UK general elections. This first hand account of how those debates were negotiated also looks back on why it took 50 years for them to arrive in Britain and draws lessons both from that failure and the 2010 success ...
May 31, 2024 · Sophie Stowers and Anthony Broxton explain TV election debates, looking at when they were first proposed, when they started happening, and what to look out for in the 2024 general election. When is the first TV debate of the 2024 campaign?
