Salmond and BBC in debate talks

Mar 12 2010

SNP leaders will meet the BBC on Friday in the ongoing row about leaders of devolved nations being excluded from General Election television debates.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Tory leader David Cameron and Lib Dem Nick Clegg are due to take part in the presidential-style debates which will be hosted by Sky News, ITV and the BBC. Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond and Angus Robertson, the SNP Westminster leader, are meeting BBC representatives in Edinburgh to discuss the election debates.

The First Minister called for an investigation into the BBC's decision in a letter to Sir Michael Lyons, chairman of the BBC Trust.