SNP's new bid for place on TV debate
ALEX Salmond has launched a fresh attempt to take the stage alongside the Prime Minister during a televised general election debate.
The First Minister and Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones urged the BBC to include them alongside Tory, Lib Dem and Labour leaders and give them the opportunity to answer an agreed number of questions.
Their joint letter to BBC director-general Mark Thompson suggests allowing them to line up alongside Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg and David Cameron "would be both proportionate and fair".
The Scottish and Welsh party leaders also proposed a fourth TV debate involving both them and the main UK parties, with the proviso it is filmed in either Scotland or Wales and addresses "topics of relevance" to viewers in the devolved nations. The TV debates are currently all due to be filmed in English cities.
The BBC is one of three broadcasters hosting presidential-style debates between the main UK parties.
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