Sweden Needs More Lively Debates
Interrupting a political debate may not be considered good manners, but it can make for good TV and be beneficial for democracy.
With the election just a year away, Sweden's party leaders recently gathered for a debate on SVT. The debate was deemed a fiasco by many, with Nooshi Dadgostar, the Left Party leader, and Ebba Busch, the Christian Democrat leader, receiving criticism for disrupting the typically calm proceedings.
Interrupting a political debate isn’t good manners, but it is good TV — and good for democracy.
- Nooshi Dadgostar and Ebba Busch were blamed for the disruption.
- The debate was held on SVT with Sweden's party leaders.
Author's summary: Sweden needs more lively debates.