If his condition of including the Greens in the TV debates was to be met, David Cameron’s next hope of scuppering them was that the other parties got upset with the new proposals. Well, the proposals have only been out a few hours and already a lot of people are satisfyingly upset.
The DUP is complaining that it deserves a place if the SNP and Plaid Cymru are to be involved. And the Lib Dems are cross too because they are now relegated to two debate with six other parties where they will have very little opportunity to say anything of note. This evening a Lib Dem spokesman issued this statement:
‘We have only just received these new proposals. We have always been clear that as a party of government, we must be able to defend our record in all the TV debates. We will continue to make that case in our discussions with the broadcasters.’
Cameron may be able to watch other parties dig their heels in without having to raise any objections himself, pretending that he’s now fully signed-up while the Lib Dems press for a better settlement. But it’s difficult to see a campaign for more representation for the Lib Dems taking off in the way that the one protesting the exclusion of the Greens did.
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