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The Yes/No Challenge for politicians

Jennifer Tracey | 10:56 UK time, Tuesday, 27 October 2009

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Tired of hearing politicians avoid answering yes or no to interview questions - one listener wrote to us appealing for some straightforward answers.

So we asked the three main UK parties if they could each provide us with an MP to answer yes or no to questions sent in by listeners.

The agreed to take part. As did the who speaks for the party on transport and the .

As some of you missed the programme from a few weeks ago - here's the discussion. Each politician answers a series of ten yes/no questions and talks about what makes it so difficult (Duration: 11.40 mins).







And if you want to hear Eddie Mair take a yes/no challenge (he really does spend all day Googling himself), have a listen here (Duration: 1.10 mins).








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