Ed Miliband calls for public 'Prime Minister's Questions'

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[quote=BBC News][b]The public should have their own version of Prime Minister's Questions, Labour leader Ed Miliband has said.[/b]

He told the BBC he was preparing a formal proposal calling for voters to be allowed to question the prime minister in the Palace of Westminster. MPs currently do so on Wednesdays.

Mr Miliband said it would bridge the "mile-wide" gulf between what people want and what they get from PMQs.

A spokesperson for the Commons' Speaker said the suggestion would be looked at.

Mr Miliband told the Andrew Marr Show he wanted to "let the public in to our politics" and promised he would not try to pack a potential audience with his own supporters.

[b]"I think what we need is a public question time where regularly the prime minister submits himself or herself to questioning from members of the public in the Palace of Westminster on Wednesdays," he said.

"At the moment there are a few inches of glass that separates the public in the gallery from the House of Commons but there is a gulf a mile wide between the kind of politics people want and what Prime Minister's Questions offers."

Those asking questions "would be chosen by a method to ensure a wide representation of the country and political backgrounds".[/b]
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[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28509014]Source (With Video)[/url]

[Antdawg]

[url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1412760[/url]

Literally has almost the exact same title as well.

[dingusnin]

Here Here. In the state the government is currently in, some friendly PR wouldn't hurt.