The BBC and ITV have announced that it would not be in the best interests of the UK public to include the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party’s (DUP) in the 2015 general election televised leaders’ debates.
In two separate letters to Peter Robinson, the first minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the DUP, the broadcasters said they would breach political impartiality obligations if they were to give preference to the DUP over Sinn Fein, the Ulster Unionist Party, the SDLP and the Alliance Party.
Tony Hall, BBC director general, said: “We would not be fulfilling our obligations of impartiality to the Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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