Quote Originally Posted by rory_20_uk View Post
In any election, the incumbent always has an advantage and the most to loose from an interview / debate gaffe. All the others have the most to gain to be seen as an equal and perhaps saying something memorable.

So for quite a number of years the former tries to limit things as far as possible with the challengers yapping to get as many debates as possible.

I'm sure Boris knows he's at best tolerated. So he's limiting the damage he can do - leaving Corbyn to damage himself.

He's already faced the fewest PMQs in living memory for the time that he's been in office. And he's now avoiding being questioned whilst campaigning for office. If he's not open to questioning whilst in office, and he's not open to being questioned when seeking office, yet this is seen as acceptable, then is the office of Prime Minister open to questioning at all? Especially when you combine that with your argument that voters elect MPs rather than PMs, and Furunculus's argument on this page that he doesn't need to see Johnson questioned because he knows what the parties stand for.