Listen to Lynn Sweet on the BBC “Americana” show discuss famous U.S. presidential debates–as Britian hold its first ever televised debates with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown facing his major rivals
A primer on why United Kingdom voters will see three debates– from Foreign Policy magazine— is here.
excerpt from FP:
Gordon Brown, Britain’s embattled prime minister, announced Tuesday that he will hold the country’s most hotly contested general election in a generation on May 6, four weeks from now. Before then, the Labour leader will face off in a contest of a very different sort: three televised debates against the heads of the two other major parties, the Liberal Democrats’ Nick Clegg and the Tories’ David Cameron. The debates — set for April 15, 22, and 29 — are the first such events in British history.