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housecarpenter on Oct 13, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Meta executives ‘inadvertently’ identified in Only...

Yeah, televised election debates weren't a thing in the UK until 2010.

mnd999 on Oct 13, 2022 [–]

I still don’t know why we have them. It seems to make elections even more about personalities and individuals than politics.

It’s amazing how many people when presented with a list of policies will vote one way, but when presented with a list of names and parties will vote the other.

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