Mark Pack

SNP ends legal challenge over election debate

By | Fri 25th June 2010 - 8:49 pm

The Press Gazette reports:

The Scottish National Party has dropped its legal challenge against the BBC’s decision not to allow its leader Alex Salmond to appear in its televised debate in the run-up to the general election.

A judicial review of the matter was scheduled to be heard at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

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  • IainM 26th Jun '10 - 7:21am

    As if the English Broadcasting Corporation ever gave a fig about ‘the interests of license fee payers’.

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