I (Dr Abul Rizvi) have been asked to participate in a debate on a new Sky News program, The Jury. The debate will be on asylum seeker policy.
Knowing that I will be at a significant disadvantage in such a forum, I proposed two conditions for my participation.
The first was that the debate question be policy-oriented and not politically based. Sky has agreed the debate question will be: Are we right to be panicking about recent boat arrivals?
My second requirement was that there would be an agreed set of facts that the moderator – who will be a Sky journalist – would read out.
The facts I have proposed the moderator read out are listed below……………… (click on link below to read these nine indisputable facts about asylum seeker policy)
* EDITOR'S NOTE
Sky News cancelled the debate with the reason given that the issue had "lost its topicality"!
Sky News debate on asylum seeker policy: Indisputable facts. By Abul Rizvi, IA