Is honesty the best Politics? | Myles Dyer

Is honesty the best politics? What do you make of the way politicians discuss issues with the public?

My "Ask the PM" question: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rg8Yi5VbIMo
British PM response: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DqCIUhDskrg
More4 News Interview: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GWs3kfUGuTc

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[angryafghan]

politicians are "only human" and have a "tough job" Yes you have lost the plot, doctors have a tough job, politicians have a cushy ride on the gravy train.

[Blade376]

Good point! =]

[Soixante366]

Myles.....there are five levels of lies: 1) White lies, 2) Lies, 3) Damn lies 4) God damn lies and 5) EVERYTHING THAT A POLITICIAN SAYS!!!  Honestly people....

[Brittanysofficial]

I love this. It means so much that you are so invovled in your own country. I'm in America, and am trying very hard to understand humans in general. It's a sad world we live in, run by people who are blinded by silly things. Reality sucks, but understanding it can bring a better world.

[Pepper6464]

Politicians like to give half-truths and avoiding questions. If you avoid questions you're not really lying. Honesty, directness, and reassurance are the best policies. Politicians make a mistake of treating their constituents as unintelligent non-thinkers. Politics has not change but how ordinary people get information has. Information technology is used as a weapon against politician's bull shit.

[adagio670]

gordon brown is a honest man but has to withstand a slow working system as you feel it doesnt comes to the point. for instance he founded the department of energy and climate change. and i really would like to recommend the book from

david jc mackay who wrote the book

sustainable energy -without the hot air.

a factual hot book downloadable from the internet. mackay is working for the department. and might adress a lot of your questions. so lets do it there is fun involved too. mean reading

[guzsaj]

in my country (Hungary) lies are definately told to decieve and distract ppl. For instance have you heard about our ex-president who frankly claimed that his goverment lied 'all day, all night.' He didn't get kicked out of the chair right away. tricky situation though for he was being honest about lying. I know our country is a mess (postcommunist, semi-kapitalist, rotting society) but I suppose that some things in politics are the same everywhere.

[guzsaj]

the point of dishonesty in politics isn't like, 'to put it simple' for us, because they find us immature and they handle us like a faceless crowd that needs to listen to the same meaningless phrases again and again not to get pissed off,

[romanblood]

Hey Miles, watch my video on Gordon Brown if you find time, you might like it.

[Punk7680]

The whole point of making people dodge questions is so that the political party in power appears organized and behind the prime minister. If they all spoke their minds, parties would appear to be in chaos and all over the place.

In fairness, we ellect based on political manifestos (not always what you get but forget about that for the moment) and not the individual opinions- so what they think is to some extent irrelevent; it is what the party i voted for thinks that counts.