David Cameron Has Even More Conditions Before He'll Do The TV Debates

by Irn Bru Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:34 pm

David Cameron has indicated that he will only agree to the televised leader debates if they take place earlier than suggested and also include parties from Northern Ireland.

This comes after the four major broadcasters proposed last week to hold three debates on April 2, 16 and 30, meaning they would take place during the "short" general election campaign, which begins on March 30 after parliament is dissolved.

In a joint statement, they heeded concerns expressed by the prime minister about the need for the Greens to be included if Ukip were featured in the TV debates. They set out plans for a 7-7-2 format, under which two debates hosted by BBC and ITV would feature the leaders of Tories, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Ukip, the Greens, Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru, and a third on Channel 4 and Sky would pit Cameron against Ed Miliband in a head-to-head clash of the two leaders vying to be prime minister.

But now Cameron has told the media that he was concerned by the lack of Northern Irish parties. "As far as I am concerned that [Northern Ireland] is as important a part of our United Kingdom as Wales or Scotland," he said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/01/27/david-cameron-tv-debates_n_6552912.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

Sooner or later he will get round to insisting that the Cocktail Party are included as well.

by nicko Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:59 pm

I hate to say this Irn, but he,s turning chicken, cluck cluck.

David Cameron Has Even More Conditions Before He'll Do The TV Debates

David Cameron Has Even More Conditions Before He'll Do The TV Debates

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