Here are the details of the debates the BBC is hosting between various Cabinet ministers and their shadows from the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. All will be on the BBC’s Daily Politics show on BBC2.
Monday 19th April 2:15-3:00
The Foreign Affairs Debate. David Miliband for Labour, William Hague for the Conservatives and Ed Davey for the Lib Dems go head to head in live debate. Cross examined by Andrew Neil and BBC Security Correspondent, Frank Gardner.
Tuesday 20th April 2:15-3:00
The Crime Debate. Alan Johnson for Labour, Chris Grayling for the Conservatives and Chris Huhne for the Lib Dems go head to head in live debate. Cross examined by Andrew Neil and BBC Home Editor, Mark Easton.
Wednesday 21st April 2:15-3:00
The Chancellors’ Debate. Alistair Darling for Labour, George Osborne for the Conservatives and Vince Cable for the Lib Dems go head to head in live debate. Cross examined by Andrew Neil and BBC Economics Editor, Stephanie Flanders.
Monday 26th April 2:15-3:00
The Environment Debate. Ed Miliband for Labour, Greg Clark for the Conservatives, Simon Hughes for the Lib Dems and Darren Johnson for the Greens go head to head in live debate. Cross examined by Andrew Neil and Newsnight’s Justin Rowlatt.
Tuesday 27th April 2:15-3:00
The Business Debate. Peter Mandelson for Labour, Ken Clarke for the Conservatives, John Thurso for the Lib Dems and John Swinney for the SNP go head to head in live debate. Cross examined by Andrew Neil and BBC Business Editor, Robert Peston.
Wednesday 28th April 2:15-3:00
The Health Debate. Andy Burnham for Labour, Andrew Lansley for the Conservatives and Norman Lamb for the Lib Dems go head to head in live debate. Cross examined by Andrew Neil and BBC Health Correspondent, Branwen Jeffreys.
Monday 3rd May 2:15-3:00
The Education Debate. Ed Balls for Labour, Michael Gove for the Conservatives and David Laws for the Lib Dems go head to head in live debate. Cross examined by Andrew Neil and education expert, Mike Baker.
Tuesday 4th May 2:15-3:00
The Immigration Debate. Phil Woolas for Labour, Damian Green for the Conservatives, Sarah Teather for the Lib Dems and Lord Pearson for UKIP go head to head in live debate. Cross examined by Andrew Neil and BBC Home Editor, Mark Easton.
Wednesday 5th May 2:15-3:00
The Trust in Politics Debate. Harriet Harman for Labour, George Young for the Conservatives, Lynne Featherstone for the Lib Dems and Adam Price for Plaid Cymru go head to head in live debate. Cross examined by Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn.
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Clearly TV election debates are like buses – you wait for one for over fifty years, then thirteen come along at once!
So, thats 28 men & 3 women, seems like a fair balance ….
It’s a fair representation of the frontbenchers.
I have been a conservative voter ever since I first voted, save on one occasion that I voted for Frank Field. I think Vince Cable is by far and away the best possible Chancellor that this country could have and I like your proposals regarding the first £10,000 of income to be tax free and your detailed funding for this. I also feel strongly that the basic state pension should be increased dramatically, which is another of your proposals. However there are certain issues that I would need to know your position on before I would vote for your party. I feel most strongly that immigration should be very strictly controlled. I absolutely detest being part of Europe (I voted against our joining in the original refferendum) and all of my worst fears have been realised if not surpassed. Law and order needs to be restored and the punishment should fit the crime. Corporal and capital punishment should be restored. Our system of education is laughable, when I was a child class sizes regularly exceeded 40, but we had discipline (corporal punishment) and teachers, not pupils were in control. In China where educational attainment is far superior to ours they have large classes, but they are taught in the traditional manner ie all in desks facing the front of the classroom where the teacher is able to see all the pupils at the same time and teach them properly. If we returned to this system it would save millions in costs and achieve far better results. I would welcome your response to these issues.
The one thing not mentioned in the ELECTION DEBATE was the ELEPHANT in the room, and in the case of Cameron, the FOX,
Cameron promised not to SOUND BITE himself through the debate, but that’s all he did, “….POWER TO THE PEOPLE’, “……ELIMINATE WASTE”, and when will he stop exploiting the sad story of his son for political ends?
To be fair, there was only time for SOUND BITES, but the guts of the issues we’re facing have to be debated and this writer wil attempt to do just that in http://torypartyflushed.blogspot.com