UK: Broadcasters Playing Politics - Breaching Impartiality Rules; Lord Grade

BBC Report

"Broadcasters are breaching impartiality rules and "playing politics" in the row over election debates, says Lord Grade. The ex-BBC, ITV and Channel 4 boss said it was "not acceptable for unelected journalists" to replace David Cameron with an "empty chair" if he refused to take part in any televised debates. The Conservative peer told the BBC "there was no divine right to have election debates".