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Broadcasters should consider a more diverse line-up of moderators to host future UK election debates, peers say. The three leaders' encounters in 2010 had been "disappointingly uniform" in terms of the gender and ethnicity of the anchors, a Lords committee said.

Different positions emerged among political parties that took part in the last of the three presidential debates in Blantyre on how they would handle matters of taxation on foreign investors once voted into office on May 20 this year. The 11 candidates on Tuesday demonstrated a clear distinction on

Barely a few days after the final Presidential Debate took place in Blantyre some quarters of society have come forward to criticize the debates in general while others are of the view that such debates should continue after May 20. Different sectors of the society have expressed both satisfaction

The introduction of televised presidential debates has certainly opened a new chapter in the country’s election campaign. Despite criticisms on the format because of the ‘big’ number of presidential candidates being grilled at once, the three presidential debates are generally being celebrated as

They were the first US-style televised debates for the EU's top job, and it showed. On Monday (28 April) the candidates (not to mention the debate moderators themselves) were visibly nervous. The two most likely candidates to take the job as EU Commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker and Martin

Lexington Mayor Jim Gray shook hands with moderator Tom Martin on Thursday morning and mayoral candidates Danny Mayer and Anthany Beatty shook hands after a mayoral candidate debate at the University of Kentucky hosted by The Lexington Forum.

Eleven presidential candidates tonight turned up to be interviewed by Malawians through the second in a series of debates, but most of them failed to articulate how they would implement the brilliant ideas they put across. The aspirants seemed lost on policy and legislation already available on

There are several free lessons political parties should draw from the second round of the presidential debate held at the Bingu International Conference Centre (Bicc) in Lilongwe. Top among the lessons is the exposure of our political parties’ lack of clear political ideologies which, at the end of

New Labor Party president Friday Jumbe has described the current presidential debates as a road show that will not add any value on the country’s political platform. Jumbe who opposed the debate’s task force earlier decision to disqualify those parties failing to raise at least 19 parliamentary seat

Republicans vying for their party's nomination to run against Gov. Dannel Malloy in November met for a debate in Stamford Wednesday.

A man who set himself ablaze and embraced a BSP politician during the recording of an election debate in Sultanpur, about 140 km from Lucknow, died at a government hospital in the state capital late on Monday night, within hours of the shocking incident.

An official election call appears to be the last thing standing in the way of a provincial leaders’ debate in the north. Both NDP leader Andrea Horwath and Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak say they would gladly accept a challenge issued by Premier Kathleen Wynne earlier this week to contest