People's PMQs
The "People's PMQs" are a social media publicity event introduced in 2019 by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in which pre-selected members of the general public ask the Prime Minister questions during a live video stream on Facebook.[1] In spite of the name, they are not related to the Parliamentary Prime Minister's Questions, As of October 2019[update], the Prime Minister had released two "People's PMQs".
The "People's PMQs" have been criticised as a "sham" event,[2] and as a way for politicians to avoid press scrutiny.[3] The journalist Nick Robinson has compared the People's PMQs to “a form of propaganda used by dictators down the ages".[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Full text: Boris Johnson's 'People's PMQs' debut". Coffee House. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ Peck, Tom (11 September 2019). "Boris Johnson's shambolic live video truly shows the bleak times in which we live". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ Waterson, Jim (14 August 2019). "Johnson's Facebook PMQs show how politicians can bypass scrutiny". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ Johnson, Jamie (13 October 2019). "BBC's Nick Robinson compares Boris Johnson's People's PMQs to 'propaganda used by dictators down the ages'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
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