David Cameron had clearly planned his answers to his Today programme so that a casual listener might think that he really is very keen for the TV debates to take place. He sounded ever so earnest, and repeatedly said that he does want the debates to take place. But when Justin Webb asked the crucial question – which was tell us you’re going to do the TV debates, rather than that you just want them to happen – the Prime Minister’s pretence was exposed.
He doesn’t want the TV debates to happen, and now that his original condition of the Greens being included has been met, he is attaching more conditions before he will say ‘I will do these debates’.
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