United Future

100% say Yes! 100% understand that there is something very wrong with the picture called Hubris. My pet hate is people exhibiting Hubris. I am going to write a book after Herodotus. Well, more for the minor parties then eh?

Not only is the Clark/Key attitude blatent, it is a travesty of fair play to all other party leaders now represented in Parliament. Arrogance is dictionary defined as 'being overbearing or presumptuous.' That about sums up their attitude. Remember back to 2005 when one network proposed to sideline Jim Anderton and Peter Dunne from a leaders' debate only to have the High Court overturn their presumptuous decision.

I can't for the life of me understand the mentality of 36% of respondents thinking the Clark/Key attitude is fair. It's a reflection of the greedy 'what's in it for me mentality' that grips this nation. Remember the late President John F. Kennedy's quote,'Think not what your country can do for you but rather what you can do for your country.'

Perhaps Clark/Key are worried that they will be compared unfavourably with some of our smaller party leaders! Maybe they still remember "the worm".

We could show our dissatisfaction about TV3's stand by voting with our remotes and not watching any 2 leader debate they may have.

This is a travesty! If we are going to have a political system which encourages diverse voices and smaller parties to have a say then the media must respect that and not cave in to the entrenched interests of the big old bullies - this is profoundly undemocratic and Clark and Key should be shamed of themselves.

No, I don't. I want the small parties to get an opportunity to be heard. But the reality is that one of the major parties will lead the next government. I don't have an issue with separate debates between the major and minor parties. I helps me clarify which major party I'd prefer to be leading NZ and which minor party I might vote for.

An 8 way debate becomes confusing and everyone's voice is drowned out.

This year's TV debates have been good for the minor party leaders - showing them as somewhat more dignified than Key and Clark.

Brett