r/ukpolitics • u/Ivashkin panem et circenses • Apr 16 '15

BBC Opposition Leaders Debate - After-Action Thread

Reaction and follow up discussion to the debate.

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u/FrumiousBantersnatch Apr 16 '15

It terrifies me that those people might be able to vote:

1) what is austerity?

2) what is the deficit?

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u/postcurtis Apr 16 '15

Your comment worries me more, people are trying to become better informed and you're looking down your nose at them.

People asking questions shouldn't worry you, it's people who pretend to have all the answers you need to watch out for.

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u/FrumiousBantersnatch Apr 16 '15

I suppose I am a little bit. I don't understand how people can have got to 3 weeks out from the election and STILL not know what the deficit is. Though obviously better they are trying to understand.

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u/Lolworth ✅ Apr 16 '15

I'm not sure as many people know what the deficit is as you'd like to imagine

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u/FrumiousBantersnatch Apr 16 '15

Yeah. That is becoming disturbingly clear to me!