The BBC has the story about Lord Pearson standing down as UKIP’s leader following his less than successful general election performance (with that TV interview): In his resignation statement, Lord Pearson said he was “not much good” at party politics and UKIP “deserved a better politician… to lead it”. The outgoing leader had a difficult general
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 17th Aug 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
THE BBC, ITV and Sky have come together to mount a historic joint bid to stage three live TV debates with the main UK party leaders ahead of next year's general election.
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Scotsman on 2nd Oct 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
Surprised to see today's publicity concerning a suggestion that UKIP and the BNP should consider an electoral pact by which the two parties stand aside for each other in the next General Election. I hope its not true. UKIP are denying it. I hope its not a case of there being no smoke without fire. This story is very damaging to UKIP, and there is clearly a problem. Two members of UKIP's ...
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AViewFromRuralWales on 3rd Nov 2008 (via glyndaviesam.blogspot.com)
THE BBC is preparing to hear the SNP's appeal against the decision to exclude the Nationalist party from the General Election leaders' debate, it was claimed yesterda
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Scotsman on 17th Apr 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
For the best analysis of last week's turbulent politics, I refer you to Hopi Sen's excellent article How Not to Plot. He says it all.But there is a question that hasn't been addressed. How important are the euro-elections anyway? It's fashionable to claim that because the Tories got 27.7% and UKIP got 16.5% and "of course" UKIP people will vote Tory in a general election, the Tories are on course
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snowflake5 on 10th Jun 2009 (via snowflake5.blogspot.com)
UKIP Leader Nigel Farage will face the cameras tonight and tomorrow morning as the Euro election results are announced. This evening, he will be on the BBC News channel (Sky Channel 503) at 7.30pm. Then it's an early start tomorrow as appears on: GMTV 6.20am BBC Breakfast 6.40am Sky News 7.10am BBC Radio 4 Today show 7.20am
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UKIP on 7th Jun 2009 (via ukip.org)
The SNP and Plaid Cymru write to the BBC outlining their proposals for inclusion in general election TV debates.
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BBCPolitics on 19th Mar 2010 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
Election Watch: The televised leader debates have narrowed the field of argument, says Charles Moore.
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Telegraph on 19th Apr 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
The BBC's governing body has ruled the broadcaster did not break impartiality rules by excluding the Scottish and Welsh nationalist parties from a televised general election debate.
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Telegraph on 22nd Apr 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Gordon Brown is ready to debate with David Cameron on TV not just during the general election campaign but before it, the BBC understands.
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BBCPolitics on 28th Sep 2009 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
Every other British political party has their eye off UKIP. First of all the 4th June European Parliament elections are happening a year or so before a general election and UKIP are not a threat at national level. So as Labour, Tories and Lib Dems shadow box for the national poll, so UKIP can pour all their
