June 27, 2005
Prime Minister’s Questions
Last Sunday night, I was flipping through the channels. I hit C-SPAN, which is usually a must-skip. All of a sudden, however, I saw animated discussion! People whooping and hollering! And then I realized, it must be the House of Commons…
I stumbled across a show called Prime Minister’s Questions. Every week, Tony Blair goes before the House of Commons and is blasted with direct questions from all sides. Some are funny, some are serious, most are contentious. I have to think that if our government actually did this, people might occasionally pay attention.
I posted a while back about how our politicians have a thinly veiled hatred for each other in this country, and they act like a bunch of catty, teenage cheerleaders fighting over who gets Friday night with the star quarterback. The Brits, on the other hand, are much different. There’s no thin veil involved.
But I was struck by one thing here. Can you imagine what would happen if Bush had to get in front of the House of Representatives for that treatment every week? I think that’d be so entertaining, you could charge pay-per-view for it!
(FYI, on the C-SPAN site you can watch streaming versions of past Prime Minister’s Questions)
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