Showdown! Ed Miliband wants to go head-to-head with David Cameron in live telly debate

ED Miliband has challenged David Cameron to a live TV election debate.
COME ON THEN: Ed Miliband (left) has accused David Cameron of dragging his feet in going head-to-head on a live debate show [PA]

The Labour leader is desperate to go head-to-head with the Prime Minister in front of the cameras.

And he has accused Mr Cameron of “stalling” in signing up for the showdown in the run-up to next year’s General Election.

Mr Miliband said he saw the debates as a “crucial part” of the campaign and accused his rival of being the “single biggest obstacle” for them going ahead. He wrote in Radio Times: “It is a pity the Conservatives will not even sit down to begin negotiations until later this year and have stalled at every opportunity.

“With the election just a year away, it is time Mr Cameron stopped dragging his feet and showed he is willing to debate the future of our country by allowing the negotiations to begin”

Ed Miliband

“I can only assume Mr Cameron wants his party’s deep pockets to be used for maximum advantage. No-one should want the outcome of the next election distorted by the number of direct mailshots and billboard posters a party can buy.”
Britain’s first ever live TV debates between party leaders took place ahead of the last election in 2010 when Mr Cameron took on then Labour leader Gordon Brown and LibDem chief Nick Clegg.
But the PM has since complained that they “took all the life out” of the campaign.
Mr Miliband added: “With the election just a year away, it is time Mr Cameron stopped dragging his feet and showed he is willing to debate the future of our country by allowing the negotiations to begin.”