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Ed Miliband challenges Cameron to election TV debate | Ed Miliband challenges Cameron to election TV debate |
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The Labour leader Ed Miliband has challenged David Cameron to take part in televised debates during the general election campaign. | The Labour leader Ed Miliband has challenged David Cameron to take part in televised debates during the general election campaign. |
He said the prime minister should stop "ducking and diving" and agree to the party leader showdowns introduced for the first time in 2010. | He said the prime minister should stop "ducking and diving" and agree to the party leader showdowns introduced for the first time in 2010. |
The move would allow the country to "make its choice", he added. | The move would allow the country to "make its choice", he added. |
He was addressing party members in Brighton as the annual Labour conference drew to a close. | He was addressing party members in Brighton as the annual Labour conference drew to a close. |
Celebrating his promise to freeze gas and electricity prices until 2017 should Labour win, he said: "We know where David Cameron and Nick Clegg stand. They just want to allow energy prices to keep on rising. | Celebrating his promise to freeze gas and electricity prices until 2017 should Labour win, he said: "We know where David Cameron and Nick Clegg stand. They just want to allow energy prices to keep on rising. |
"We should have that debate over the coming months. We should also have that debate in the TV election debates." | "We should have that debate over the coming months. We should also have that debate in the TV election debates." |
Farage dilemma | |
Mr Cameron said earlier this year he was "in favour of them". | |
"I think they are good and I think we should go on having them, and I will play my part in trying to make that happen," he told Sky News. | |
Whether or not to include Nigel Farage in any such debate is expected to complicate the arrangements in 2015 - Mr Farage says he should take part given his UK Independence Party's poll ratings. | |
The debates "should be about... the parties that are going to form the government", the prime minister said in January | |
The televised prime ministerial debates in the 2010 election campaign were the first in the UK. | The televised prime ministerial debates in the 2010 election campaign were the first in the UK. |
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