The backroom deal between the Conservatives, Labour and ITV proves it. The UK needs an Independent Debate Commission
As the UK gears up for a general election next month, LSE associate professor Nick Anstead calls for better ways to organise televised pre-election debates between leaders of political parties. In what has now become an early election campaign ritual, we are now witnessing the unedifying spectacle of political parties and broadcasters haggling over the format … Continued
