Question Dine: A row is on the menu

The problem with the Afghan war and the anti-war movement is that neither are premised on an anti-interventionist principle that respects the sovereignty of a nation. How lame is it that discussions about this war have revolved so much around how our soldiers are ill-equipped to fight it or about how many of them are dying?

The problem with the afghan war is that despite having sat in their respective offices and strategized everything to the last detail, or atleast we hope they have, politicians are expecting us to continue voting and supporting them with no real prospect of ever telling us to where this war is taking us. Once again spin wins, voters in the dark..the proper way to win an election!

Interesting to see how the MP's see us and the lack of trust in the presumption that young people won't vote. Really surprised how angry Andrew Boff was about non-voters. It's going to be an interesting month in May...

Really insightful. What did others think about the explosive discussion on "voting as a duty"?
PS. Diane Abbott needs to get over herself. If these young people are our future...well, I look forward to it!

A great watch. What this debate brings out is that it's not an apathetic electorate that's the problem, there is simply nothing inspiring in the elections to vote for! Excellent pre-election debate between the MPs & the young people who obviously have views and give a monkeys.

Every candidate relies on the government to resolve any issue society faces. Where does the line get drawn? When government overstepped its bounds. Alice comment, which was quickly ignored and discounted, is perhaps the most telling of all candidates. What is freedom, but to be free of the state? Am I citizen or person? Okay climate change is immense issue, but is it the government's role to take it on, or the responsibility of people change themselves? If England wanted to be racially segregated society is it really in the power the state to disagree with it? This works both ways, if England wished to stop fighting the Iraq war, can the state say no? Is it up to the state to decide what is right or wrong? Or is that my most basic freedom?

Naheed is right. The push to get young people to vote by making out they will be to blame if some nasties get elected is a cheap excuse for failing to inspire. At least volunteers here are not buying into the bullying or blackmail from anyone.

This was a very heated but interesting debate. Alot of important topics have
been raised by the dinner guests (electorate) which i belive reflect the current view held by many young people today. There should not be any pressure on people to vote for parties that do not represent their interests.

It's really interesting the venom from the Conservative for people who aren't going to vote in the election because they feel there are no parties who are saying anything they agree with. That to me is political, I mean what does he want us to do, vote for the sake of it? I found this debate riveting and the arguments come thick and fast, a far cry from the comfortable and banal TV debates currently on offer. Great stuff.

This is the best pre-election video to date. The row between MPs and dinner guests on voting is a classic watch. The guests (electorate) seem to have more vision for our country than the politicians who are supposed to be representing us.

Wow a refreshing row with politicians- the contempt for people who are not convinced there is a candidate worth voting for is astonishing-but voting is NOT a duty. Ms Abbot was the 1st black MP but now echoes this contempt herself-shame-would be MPS should stop blaming the public & scrutinise their own lack of vision