By John McCarthy

Plans for Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), to attend a live television debate with the leaders of the three major UK parties for the 2015 general election, have come under scrutiny for excluding several more prominent parties.

The broadcast, which will be moderated by ITV, has granted UKIP an invitation despite parties with more representation in parliament such as the SNP and Plaid Cymru’s absence.

Farage will attend the first of three debates jointly proposed by the BBC, ITV, Sky and Channel 4 despite UKIP only recently receiving its first MP following Douglas Carswell’s defection from the Read full story ›

Source: The Drum