The Sun Newspaper wants the debates between the party leaders to only be between the so-called main parties. This is why I think it's wrong. In an article I published a few years ago called "Third Party Voting, Not a Wasted Vote" http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?id=67604&authorid=151208 I praised the UK for allowing members of minor political parties having their say on political TV programmes. The general election in the UK is about two months away and there will be a series of televised debates between the leaders of all the parties. However, the Conservative Party supporting Sun newspaper only wants the debate to between the two main parties: Conservative and Labour.
Like in the USA, The Sun uses the argument that those parties don't have a chance of winning so we don't need to hear from them. This is dangerously wrong. The whole point of a debate is for these parties to put forward their views. Chances of winning the election have nothing to do with it and who is anyone to say that nobody wants to hear what they have to say. Democracy is about letting everyone have their say and letting the voters decide if they like what the party is saying. It's not up to anyone, especially a newspaper to pick and choose who should have their say and who shouldn't. What the Sun is proposing is undemocratic. It's bad enough that the USA does this but if the UK relents to The Sun, then it would be a tragedy for British democracy.
