David Cameron 'up for online leaders debate' ahead of May election

 
Up for it: David Cameron has said he is willing to take part in an online debate with the other party leaders (Picture: EPA)
Standard Reporter
16 March 2015

Mr Cameron has ruled out taking part in three debates planned by the broadcasters - including a final head-to-head confrontation with Labour leader Ed Miliband.

In an online interview with BuzzFeed, the PM indicated that he would be prepared to take part in a "multi-party" debate next week hosted by the website if they could get the other party leaders to agree to appear.

He suggested that he was also sympathetic to a proposal put forward by the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian and Google - which owns the YouTube website - for an online debate involving the six main UK party leaders.

"I'm up for a debate, I'm up for a multi-party debate, whether it is you, whether it is another digital debate, whether it is the TV broadcasters, that matters less to me than having a multi-party debate before the campaign gets under way," he said.

"Everyone's got to agree to it but I've said very clearly - multi-party debate before the campaign, where do I sign?"