The UK looks set to have its first ever televised leader election debates after a deal was struck between the three big parties and the main broadcasters.If not, then especially the DUP, Plaid Cymru and the SNP may well still have the last word on what exactly is broadcast in their part of the nation.
Labour's Gordon Brown, Conservative leader David Cameron and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg have agreed to go head-to-head in a series of three debates.
Each clash will last about 90 minutes, with the first shown on ITV, the second on Sky, and the third on the BBC
Update
From Twitter, Laura Kuenssberg, Chief Political Correspondent for the BBC News Channel:
"There will be separate TV debates in Scotland, N Ireland and Wales - details will be worked out in the New Year"
Will we get also the chance to see the real, nationwide, debate?
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3 comments:
s we have covered extensively before Oneil, it is parties we vote for and not leaders. It would be unthinkable to have a debate shown in Scotland without representation from Scotland's largest part overall. In the one place they are not(Westminster) no representation would merely underline the undemoctatic Unionist parties line that the SNP are an irrelevance. Who needs spin when you have the EBC.
Is there a real nationwide debate? Or is there a lack of an English debate comparable to those being held in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?
Because there are 2 sides to this!
Either the "English" debate is being hijacked for UK-wide issues, thereby denying us the debate freely given to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Or the "UK-wide" debate will be directed to bread-and-butter issues like Health and Education which as devolved matters are solely relevant in England.
So somebody loses out - and on previous form that will be England.
I don't understand you most of the time wildgoose, but.....
Don't you realise the proposed 3 debates will be English in all but name.
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