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Originally Posted by HarryT
...Politicians in the UK don't do that - they spend the very limited TV time they have in, generally speaking at least, laying out their own policies and tell people why they should vote for them, rather than denigrating the "opposition"...
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I'm not sure I entirely agree. I think getting any politician anywhere to answer a straightforward question with a straightforward answer is next to impossible.
In the UK, the phrase 'a politician's answer' is now commonly used to mean blatant obfuscation with dishonest intent.