The Euro ones between Farage and Clegg took place without Miliband or Cameron.
The GE2015 ones can take place without Cameron.
They were outside the campaign period.
During the campaign period other rules apply.
The rules only require that they be offered a place, if they turn it down the debates can still go ahead.
But in practice that won't happen.
BBC is not going to give up 90 mins of prime-time BBC1 for a debate in which the PM doesn't feature.
Think long term. The media want these events to become part of the normal election campaign. If they let them lapse now then it's bang to the wrangling and possibly never happening again.
They empty chair him to show their teeth once and they can lock it in long term.
See licence fee point - apologies - I added that after initial post.
The BBC is completely dependent on whoever is PM in 2016.
You think they'll do a favour for Cameron in the GE campaign?
Dan Hannan and Carswell are friends I believe. What has Hannan said about Carswell?
Reckless is also a friend too. Hannan has repeated that he is not defecting and why he is not defecting and that he thinks they are wrong but he respects their actions.......
The Euro ones between Farage and Clegg took place without Miliband or Cameron.
The GE2015 ones can take place without Cameron.
They were outside the campaign period.
During the campaign period other rules apply.
The rules only require that they be offered a place, if they turn it down the debates can still go ahead.
But in practice that won't happen.
BBC is not going to give up 90 mins of prime-time BBC1 for a debate in which the PM doesn't feature.
Think long term. The media want these events to become part of the normal election campaign. If they let them lapse now then it's bang to the wrangling and possibly never happening again.
They empty chair him to show their teeth once and they can lock it in long term.
See licence fee point - apologies - I added that after initial post.
The BBC is completely dependent on whoever is PM in 2016.
You think they'll do a favour for Cameron in the GE campaign?
I didn't think spin could get much worse han Labour's during the last months of the Brown Prime Ministership but I was wrong. This mindless moronic hollow god awful Tory spin is beyond belief....
"We are ripping lumps out of the old Labour vote in the north of England. The truth of what has happened in the North today is that if you are anywhere north of Birmingham , if you vote Conservative you get Labour.
"We are ripping lumps out of the old Labour vote in the north of England. The truth of what has happened in the North today is that if you are anywhere north of Birmingham , if you vote Conservative you get Labour.
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And it's not just the BBC after all.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100284469/douglas-carswell-will-win-big-with-implications-for-both-conservatives-and-ukip/
I'm backing UKIP to the hilt. But nope.
10 at the most.
UKIP 606
Lab 21
LD 3
Con 0
Nats 2
Very unimpressed by the pair of them - Douglas the star of the evening.
"We are ripping lumps out of the old Labour vote in the north of England. The truth of what has happened in the North today is that if you are anywhere north of Birmingham , if you vote Conservative you get Labour.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100284469/douglas-carswell-will-win-big-with-implications-for-both-conservatives-and-ukip/
Didn't stop me fucking (sex) a circa 20-year old - who - we have to choose for her own reasons - chose to wear a bunny onsie