This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Allow the Green Party to take part in the 2015 General Election TV debates
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UKIP's leader Nigel Farage has been invited to take part in the 2015 General Election TV debates. However, the Green Party's leader Natalie Bennett has not been invited to join the debates.
UKIP has recently just gained its first MP but the Greens have had an MP (Caroline Lucas) for the last 4 years.
The Green Party beat the Liberal Democrats in the 2014 European Elections and is currently polling neck-and-neck with them in General Election opinion polls. More than 1.2 million people voted Green in May 2014, which is over 150,000 more votes than the Liberal Democrats received, and Nick Clegg is to be included in these debates.
It is in the interest of fairness and the spirit of a well-rounded debate that Natalie Bennett is included in these TV debates, to reflect the current political climate and the opinions of the British people.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
HM Government does not get involved in televised election debates as it could be considered party political material.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.