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Producer's Death Threats From Top Gear Trolls

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 26 Maret 2015 | 10.03

The BBC producer assaulted by Jeremy Clarkson has received death threats on Twitter.

Oisin Tymon got a massive amount of abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for his sacking.

He had his lip split in a 30-second assault by Clarkson, and drove himself to A&E after the incident on 4 March.

In his report, BBC Director General Tony Hall said "no blame" was attached to Mr Tymon, who "behaved with huge integrity throughout" - while he said Clarkson had crossed a line.

His views are not shared by trolls who launched a torrent of abuse at the 28-year-old, who does not have a Twitter account.

Darren Laws (@01lawsda) tweeted: "May you have a very slow and painful death Oisin Tymon."

Gonzalo Robles (@grobles17) wrote: "Clarkson should have killed you Oisin Tymon, filthy b******."

Paul Richer (@PaulmRicher) said: "Oisin Tymon had to go to A&E !!! let's hope he visits the morgue VERY soon , a***wipe !!!" and "Tony Hall BBC director , I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet !!! just wondering."

Pasan Weerasinghe (@PortelloFanatic) added: "To meet Oisin Tymon in person and feed him the very food he denied Clarkson. Then, beat him to a pulp with a rolling pin. LifeGoals."

The vitriol shocked Twitter users such as Ollie Connors (@olliexcore) who wrote: "I wonder how the people out for Oisin Tymon's blood would feel if their boss punched them for no good reason?"

Louisa Booth (@louisabooth) tweeted: "Man assaults another man and victim receives abuse because people can't watch a TV show about cars. Bravo society. Bravo OisinTymon".

Jason Manford, the comedian, wrote: "It's surprising how sensitive fans of someone so controversial can be. Clarkson."

After Lord Hall's remarks, Mr Tymon released a statement saying: "I respect Lord Hall's detailed findings and I am grateful to the BBC for their thorough and swift investigation into this very regrettable incident, against a background of intense media interest and speculation.

"I've worked on Top Gear for almost a decade, a programme I love. Over that time Jeremy and I had a positive and successful working relationship, making some landmark projects together.

"He is a unique talent and I am well aware that many will be sorry his involvement in the show should end in this way."

Paul Daniels, from Slater and Gordon, the law firm representing Mr Tymon, told the Daily Mirror: "This last month has been a nightmare for Oisin, his friends and his family.

"Through absolutely no fault of his own he found himself at the centre of a massive news story, but despite that he has conducted himself with dignity, restraint and balance."


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Sacked Clarkson Could Face Police Action

Jeremy Clarkson faces possible police action for an "unprovoked physical and verbal attack" that left a Top Gear producer with swelling and a split lip.

Clarkson, 54, assaulted Oisin Tymon for around 30 seconds, while shouting "derogatory and abusive language" so loudly it could be heard in a hotel bedroom, a BBC report has found.

The attack at the Simonstone Hall Hotel, in North Yorkshire, was only stopped when a witness intervened, BBC Director General Tony Hall said.

Now North Yorkshire Police has asked the BBC for its report and said action will be taken "where necessary".

Mr Hall said the Top Gear presenter's contract will not be renewed and the decision was taken with "great regret".

He said he had spoken to both men and was publishing the findings of the BBC's internal investigation, though he added that he took "no pleasure" in doing so.

The investigation heard Mr Tymon drove himself to A&E after he was attacked by Clarkson on 4 March.

In a statement, North Yorkshire Police said it "is liaising with the BBC regarding the alleged incident in North Yorkshire involving Jeremy Clarkson".

"We have asked the BBC for the report which details the findings of their internal investigation into the matter.

"The information will be assessed appropriately and action will be taken by North Yorkshire Police where necessary."

Clarkson refused to comment as he left his West London home on a bicycle on Wednesday night.

"I'm off out, sorry," he told reporters.

Speaking after the decision was announced, Mr Tymon said: "I've worked on Top Gear for almost a decade, a programme I love. Over that time Jeremy and I had a positive and successful working relationship, making some landmark projects together.

"He is a unique talent and I am well aware that many will be sorry his involvement in the show should end in this way."

In his statement, Mr Hall said: "I cannot condone what has happened on this occasion.

"A member of staff - who is a completely innocent party - took himself to Accident and Emergency after a physical altercation accompanied by sustained and prolonged verbal abuse of an extreme nature.

"For me a line has been crossed. There cannot be one rule for one and one rule for another dictated by either rank, or public relations and commercial considerations."

:: Read the full statement here

The report said "verbal abuse was directed at Oisin Tymon on more than one occasion - both during the attack and subsequently inside the hotel - and contained the strongest expletives and threats to sack him.

"The abuse was at such volume as to be heard in the dining room, and the shouting was audible in a hotel bedroom."

Mr Hall said "no blame" was attached to Mr Tymon, who, he said, "behaved with huge integrity throughout".

Despite this, Mr Tymon has received death threats from Twitter-users who blame him for Clarkson's departure.

Top Gear co-presenter James May told Sky News that Clarkson's sacking was a "tragedy".

"What ought to have been a small incident, sorted out easily, turned into something big," he said.

He said he was sure Top Gear would "continue in some way" but could not say if he would stay because he, Clarkson and Richard Hammond "come as a package".

Later, May said his future at Top Gear "requires much thought, deliberation and conversation" before he makes a decision.

Hammond tweeted: "Gutted at such a sad end to an era. We're all three of us idiots in our different ways but it's been an incredible ride together."

The trio's Top Gear contracts run out at the end of the month, although Mr Hall said the BBC wanted to "renew" the show for next year.

Clarkson has not commented publicly, but has changed his Twitter profile to: "I used to be a presenter on the BBC2 motoring show, Top Gear".

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    Model and TV presenter Jodie Kidd is a well-known car expert and amateur racing driver. She currently presents The Classic Car Show on Channel 5

Actor and comedian Stephen Fry famously drives a black cab around London and would be a popular choice for many

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France Crash: 16 Victims From One School

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 25 Maret 2015 | 10.03

France Crash: 16 Victims From One School

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Sixteen children from the same school in Germany were on board the passenger plane that crashed in France carrying 150 people.

The children were returning to Dusseldorf after a week-long exchange trip with a school near to Barcelona.

This afternoon the mayor of the German town Haltern Am See, where the children were students, said the news was "the worst that anyone could imagine." 

Bodo Klimpel added: "This is the bleakest day in the school's history."

:: Live updates on the crash

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  1. Gallery: School Head Weeps After 16 Students Die

    Mourners gathered outside Joseph-Koenig in the German town of Haltern after news 16 children and two teachers from the school died in the French Alps plane crash.

School Principal Ulrich Wessel grieves with students in front of the secondary school.

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France Crash: 16 Victims From One School

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Sixteen children from the same school in Germany were on board the passenger plane that crashed in France carrying 150 people.

The children were returning to Dusseldorf after a week-long exchange trip with a school near to Barcelona.

This afternoon the mayor of the German town Haltern Am See, where the children were students, said the news was "the worst that anyone could imagine." 

Bodo Klimpel added: "This is the bleakest day in the school's history."

:: Live updates on the crash

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  1. Gallery: School Head Weeps After 16 Students Die

    Mourners gathered outside Joseph-Koenig in the German town of Haltern after news 16 children and two teachers from the school died in the French Alps plane crash.

School Principal Ulrich Wessel grieves with students in front of the secondary school.

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British Nationals 'Likely' On Crashed Plane

A number of British nationals are thought to have been on board the Germanwings aircraft which crashed in the French Alps, says Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond.

All 150 people on the jet are thought to have been killed after it plummeted into a remote mountain range and "disintegrated".

Recovery teams have been flown in by helicopter and one of the black box flight recorders - crucial in piecing together what happened - has been found.

The debris appeared to have been spread over a wide area. Pictures showed many fragments as well as a wheel and part of a fuselage thought to be from the aircraft.

No survivors have been found and the recovery operation was later called off as night fell. It will resume in the morning.

The Airbus A320 plane was en route from Barcelona in Spain, to Dusseldorf, Germany, when it came down on Tuesday morning less than an hour into its flight at Meolans-Revels, between Barcelonnette and Digne.

A total of 144 passengers, including two babies, as well as two pilots and four cabin crew were on board the 24-year-old jet, operated by Lufthansa's budget airline.

Officials said flight 4U 9525, which took off at 10.01am (9.01am UK time), had started descending one minute after reaching its cruising height.

It then plummeted from 38,000ft to 6,800ft in eight minutes before crashing.

French aviation authorities said the plane did not issue a distress call and had lost radio contact with air traffic controllers at 10.53am.

Germanwings said the plane had a normal service at Dusseldorf on Monday and its last major check-up was in the summer of 2013. Experts have said the A320 has a relatively good safety record.

Meanwhile, some Lufthansa crews are refusing to fly "for personal reasons" which has led to a number of flights being cancelled, the airline admitted.

The company said it was working on the assumption that the crash was an accident and any other theory was "speculation".

German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was flown over the the site and called it "a picture of horror".

Gilbert Sauvan, from the local council, told Les Echos newspaper: "The plane is disintegrated. The largest debris is the size of a car."

And Jean Louis Bietrix, a hiker who was accompanying a rescue team to the site, said: "There are no pieces anymore, there is nothing, there is nothing. The plane has totally disappeared."

Mr Hammond said: "It is sadly likely that there were some British nationals on board the flight. We are providing consular assistance and will give further help as more information becomes available."

There were believed to be 67 people from Germany on the aircraft, including 16 students and two teachers from the same school in the town of Haltern. The youngsters had been returning from a school exchange in Spain.

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  1. Gallery: School Head Weeps After 16 Students Die

    Mourners gathered outside Joseph-Koenig in the German town of Haltern after news 16 children and two teachers from the school died in the French Alps plane crash.

School Principal Ulrich Wessel grieves with students in front of the secondary school.

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PM Branded 'Arrogant' As Third Term Ruled Out

Written By Unknown on Selasa, 24 Maret 2015 | 10.03

David Cameron has been accused of arrogance and "taking the British public for granted" after ruling out seeking a third term as Prime Minister if he is returned to power in May.

The criticism came after the PM said he was standing for election to serve for a full second term but would quit after that.

He also named three of his senior colleagues - Home Secretary Theresa May, Chancellor George Osborne and London mayor Boris Johnson - as potential successors as Conservative leader when he steps down.

Following Mr Cameron's comments, Downing Street moved quickly to insist the PM was focused on the need to win the election on 7 May.

Mr Cameron said he was standing for election to serve for a full second term, but added: "Terms are like shredded wheat: two are wonderful but three might just be too many."

Asked in an interview with BBC News if he would go for a third term if he remained PM after the election, Mr Cameron said: "No, I think I'm standing for a full second term."

He added: "I'm not saying all prime ministers necessarily definitely go mad, or even go mad at the same rate, but I feel I've got more to bring to this job, the job is half done, the economy's turned round, the deficit is half down and I want to finish the job.

"I didn't just come to do this to, you know, deal with the debts and the mess, I want to go on with the education reforms and the welfare reforms.

"There definitely comes a time where a fresh pair of eyes and fresh leadership would be good, and the Conservative Party has got some great people coming up: the Theresa Mays, and the George Osbornes, and the Boris Johnsons.

"You know, there's plenty of talent there. I'm surrounded by very good people. The third term is not something I'm contemplating."

Political leaders should never think they are "indispensable", he said.

But Labour campaign strategy chairman Douglas Alexander said: "The Tories are taking the British public for granted.

"It is typically arrogant of David Cameron to presume a third Tory term in 2020 before the British public have been given the chance to have their say in this election.

"In the UK it is for the British people and not the Prime Minister to decide who stays in power."

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    According to Sky Bet, Boris Johnson has odds of 9/4 to be the next Conservative leader. Continue through the gallery for the other leadership contenders and their odds

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NHS Paid £3,200 For One Doctor's A&E Shift

By Thomas Moore, Health and Science Correspondent

A NHS hospital paid more than £3,200 for a locum doctor to cover a single 24 hour A&E shift over the Christmas and New Year crisis, a Sky News investigation has found.

So short staffed were some trusts between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day that more than half the shifts in their emergency departments were worked by locum medics, often at huge expense.

Figures obtained by Sky News show that four hospitals paid more than £2,000 for A&E consultants to work a shift, with the highest bill being the £3,258 paid by United Lincolnshire NHS Trust for a doctor to work for 24 hours.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust paid the equivalent of more than £230 an hour for one doctor.

Three hospitals paid more than £1,700 for nurses on single shifts, the highest at Royal Berkshire where one agency was paid £1,875 for a nurse to work 12 hours on New Year's Day, the equivalent of £156.25 an hour.

Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust paid £156 an hour for a nurse and North Bristol NHS Trust paid £144.

At Airedale NHS Foundation Trust almost three quarters - 71% - of the shifts over that period were covered by a locum doctor.

Some 58% of shifts were filled by locums at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust and 52% at Royal Bolton Hospital.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust had to find agency nurses for 43% of shifts, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust used them for 32% of shifts and Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust for 25%.

The figures were obtained by a Freedom of Information request.

Some 75 out of the 140 trusts replied to questions about how their emergency departments were staffed between 24 December 2014 and 1 January.

In February this year MPs on the Public Accounts Committee claimed senior A&E doctors were profiting from staff shortages by working for locum agencies.

Experts said that competition between hospitals to fill shifts during what was the busiest Christmas period on record meant that the prices being charged by locum agencies soared.

Dr Clifford Mann, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: "Market forces really are quite extreme currently, with the lack of permanent people to employ.

"It means hospitals are desperate to try to find people to fill these slots and are having to pay super premium rates for that to happen.

"It can be very demoralising to be working alongside somebody with much less experience, much more junior, who is earning a multiple income compared to you in terms of the pounds paid per hour."

Mick Corti, of the London Procurement Partnership which negotiates on behalf of the capital's hospitals to drive costs down, said that agencies were sometimes collecting fees of up to £100 an hour before paying the doctors and nurses themselves.

"There is almost competition on what you are able to pay and by paying more you think you can increase the supply of the agency nurse or doctor, but you are not - you are pinching that nurse or doctor from wherever else they might have worked and then they have a problem.

"You get an inflationary spiral where one trust is competing against another, and that is what the NHS needs to move away from and try to hold firm. Pay appropriate rates and stick to it."

:: Top Five Doctor Payments:

United Lincolnshire NHS Trust -- £3,257

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust -- £2,142

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust -- £2,099

Croydon Health Services -- £2,000

University Hospital South Manchester -- £1,625

:: Top Five Nurse Payments:

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust -- £1,875

Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust -- £1,798

North Bristol NHS Trust -- £1,728

West Middlesex University Hospital -- £1,462

University Hospitals of Leicester -- £1,416


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Afzal Amin: Patriotic Tory's Humble Beginnings

Written By Unknown on Senin, 23 Maret 2015 | 10.03

Until he was suspended Afzal Amin was to become the Conservative Party's first new ethnic minority candidate to fight in the May General Election.

His rise within the party belies the fact he left school with few qualifications.

After being brought up and schooled in the Black Country town of Smethwick in Staffordshire, he attended Sandwell College before working as a waiter and finance clerk.

He spent 11 years in the military and rose to the rank of captain in the Army's education service, where he taught Princes Harry and William in Windsor, according to Mr Amin's website.

He claims to have been selected to attend Sandhurst's Royal Military Academy in 2001, and has seen operational service in Iraq and three times in Afghanistan.

"There is no greater expression of service to one's country and compatriots than being willing to lay down one's own life to protect and defend others," he wrote in November last year.

He is a former chairman of the Armed Forces Muslim Association and has given lectures to foreign government officials on how to combat homegrown radicalisation.

When Fusilier Lee Rigby was murdered in May 2013, Mr Amin said he believed members of the British military from all racial backgrounds would unite to condemn the "horrific and brutal" attack.

Mr Amin was hoping to win the Dudley North constituency seat on 7 May which is currently held by Ian Austin, who has a Labour majority of 649.

He has been married to wife Michelle for 20 years and the couple have two teenage children.


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Tory Candidate Hits Back Over 'EDL Plot' Claim

A suspended Tory election candidate has hit back at claims he allegedly plotted to win votes by taking credit for stopping an English Defence League (EDL) protest.

In a statement on his website, Afzal Amin said the claims, published in The Mail On Sunday, "grossly misrepresented" the truth and presented "an inaccurate picture of what was happening".

The would-be candidate for Dudley North is accused of collaborating with the EDL to announce a protest march against the building of a "mega-mosque".

The plan was for the protest to be scrapped with Mr Amin taking credit for defusing the situation, the newspaper reports.

In secretly-filmed footage, obtained by the newspaper, Mr Amin promised former EDL leader Tommy Robinson and current EDL chairman Steve Eddowes he would subsequently be an "unshakeable ally" in parliament.

"This is my fantasy," he says in the footage, reportedly filmed by Mr Robinson at an Indian restaurant in Birmingham on Monday.

"If I could demonstrate to the people in Dudley that I can be a positive voice for community cohesion... then that would help me a lot in the forthcoming election."

In a recorded phone call with Mr Robinson, Mr Amin also says he needs two "white" canvassers to help his campaign for election.

"I need two white, working class lads to go round those areas to say to people, 'You support the Army, if you support the troops then vote for this guy'. That's what I need," he said.

When Mr Robinson raises the question of payment Mr Amin makes it clear it is illegal to pay people to canvass during elections.

But when it is suggested the men can be paid indirectly through Mr Robinson, Mr Amin replies: "Yes of course, of course".

The allegations have prompted his suspension from the Conservative Party, which released a statement saying it views the allegations "as a matter of extremely serious concern".

Mr Robinson, who blew the whistle on the alleged plot, told Sky News Mr Amin's offer was an example of "corruption in politics" and "dishonesty".

"I couldn't believe it," he said. "Here was a man sitting before me who was telling me he was going to be the future prime minister of our country, offering bribes and money.

"This is not a one off scenario. This is going on across the country in every political party."

The Muslim candidate had been selected to stand in the contested Dudley North constituency, which has a Labour majority of 649.

As a Muslim army officer who served for over a decade in Iraq and Afghanistan, Mr Amin was considered a star Tory candidate. 

He hoped to overturn the Labour majority in the General Election in May. 

Just four days ago, he tweeted: "This General Election could be one of the most important of our lifetime. Now is not the time to lose faith in politics."

In the statement on his website, Mr Amin said he had been in constant communication with the police over his meetings with members of the EDL.

"During a time of heated tensions between various communities in our country, it's vital that we tackle these problems and take difficult, sometimes uncomfortable, steps.

"The potential for inter communal violence has become a real threat to the destabilisation of our country and we must prevent this at all costs.

"It's in this context that, for the past year, I was conducting discussion with Tommy Robinson."


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Tory Candidate Suspended Over EDL 'Plot'

Written By Unknown on Minggu, 22 Maret 2015 | 10.03

A Tory election candidate has been suspended after allegedly plotting to win votes by taking credit for stopping an EDL protest.

Afzal Amin is accused by the Mail on Sunday of collaborating with the English Defence League (EDL) to announce a protest march against the building of a "mega-mosque".

The plan was for the protest to be scrapped with Mr Amin taking credit for defusing the situation, the newspaper reports.

The candidate is said to have outlined his plan to former EDL leader Tommy Robinson and current EDL chairman Steve Eddowes at an Indian restaurant in Birmingham on Monday, weeks after a real EDL demonstration in Dudley which led to 30 arrests.

"This is my fantasy," he says in secretly recorded footage. "If I could demonstrate to the people in Dudley that I can be a positive voice for community cohesion... then that would help me a lot in the forthcoming election."

The Muslim candidate, who had been selected to stand in the Dudley North constituency which has a Labour majority of 649, was also recorded promising he would subsequently be an "unshakeable ally" for the EDL in parliament.

In a recorded phone call with Mr Robinson, Mr Amin also says he needs two "white" canvassers to help his campaign for election.

"I need two white, working class lads to go round those areas to say to people, 'You support the Army, if you support the troops then vote for this guy'. That's what I need," he said.

When Mr Robinson raises the question of payment Mr Amin makes it clear it is illegal to pay people to canvass during elections.

But when it is suggested the men can be paid indirectly through Mr Robinson, Mr Amin replies: "Yes of course, of course".

Sky's political correspondent Anushka Asthana said: "He was filmed doing something extraordinary; trying to persuade the EDL to say they are going to hold a rally against a mega-mosque in Dudley then getting them to call it off so he can take the credit for it.

"He suggested paying EDL members to help get him support in the area and the party have suspended him after an emergency meeting of the committee that deals with selections for candidates.

"He will have a chance to make his case on Tuesday but, as I understand it, the Prime Minister will support whatever decision it comes to. They are taking it seriously and this is clearly bad news for them."

A Conservative Party spokesman confirmed Mr Amin had been suspended as a candidate following an emergency meeting, adding the party viewed the matter as "extremely serious".

Mr Amin had been due to take on sitting Labour MP Ian Austin in the election on 7 May.

Four days ago Mr Amin tweeted: "This General Election could be one of the most important of our lifetime. Now is not the time to lose faith in politics."


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Cameron And Miliband TV Battle Confirmed

By Anushka Asthana, Political Correspondent

Britain's political leaders will take part in a series of televised election programmes, including a seven-way debate, and starting with a live question and answer session hosted by Sky News and Channel 4.

David Cameron and Ed Miliband will both appear in the first event, held on Thursday 26 March from 9pm until 10.30pm. It will be jointly presented by Kay Burley and Jeremy Paxman, but there will be no head-to-head as originally proposed by the broadcasters.

The only full debate will be on 2 April, and hosted by ITV, involving seven party leaders including those from UKIP, the Greens, the SNP and Plaid Cymru.

:: Be part of the studio audience

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has not been invited to a third event to be held on 16 April that will see all the "opposition" leaders clash.

However, he will be part of a final question time session on 30 April, one week before polling day, in which the leaders of the Lib Dems, Conservatives and Labour will be separately grilled by a studio audience.

Although the leaders will all turn up at the events, a number have expressed frustration about the process and the final outcome.

A Labour source said it was "ludicrous" that Mr Cameron and Mr Miliband would attend the same programme and take questions from the same audience, but not debate face-to-face. They accused the Prime Minister of "cowardice" for dodging a head to head.

A Lib Dem source said the process had been a "farce" but said the party had always been clear that Mr Clegg would turn up to any debates that he was invited to.

He accused other parties, led by the Conservatives, of trying to "duck" the clashes, and admitted he would have preferred it if the Lib Dem leader was invited to the debate between opposition leaders.

That event was proposed originally as a "challengers debate", excluding the Conservatives, Labour, and Lib Dems, but it is understood that Mr Miliband insisted on taking part.

However, the Lib Dems were not also invited - perhaps because that would appear to empty chair the Prime Minister.

Nigel Farage, the UKIP leader, launched a tirade on twitter, writing: "#TVdebates are now so far from the original proposals. Broadcasters should be ashamed. They've kowtowed to manipulation from Downing Street."

He added: "Public deserve proper #TVdebates but now fobbed off, playing into hands of 1 party. It's a smack in the face of democracy and I am appalled."

He and others felt too much had been compromised for the Prime Minister since the first proposal from broadcasters for a two-way, three-way and four-way debate, including Labour, the Tories, Lib Dems and UKIP.

Mr Cameron started by insisting on the Green party taking part, leading to a new proposal including two seven-way debates. He then said that he would not take part in events during the short election campaign.

Although he had said a head-to-head debate was credible, he finally said he would only sign up to one multi-party debate before the campaign starts on Monday 30 March.

A Number 10 source was happy with the final result.

"If anything, this is an improvement on the deal we were offered last week. The PM has always believed too many debates would suck the life out of the campaign. In all these formats, we are confident the choice between competence and chaos will be clear," he said.

John Ryley, Head of Sky News, said: "We are extremely pleased that the Conservative and Labour party leaders have agreed to take part in a programme that will kick start the election campaign and put the two people most likely to be the next Prime Minister under scrutiny in front of millions of viewers across the UK."

The event that will most closely resemble the 2010 election debates will be held on 2 April, and aired on ITV.

But instead of including just three leaders it will have seven, including Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage, the Greens' Natalie Bennett, SNP's Nicola Sturgeon and Leanne Wood from Plaid Cymru.

A spokesperson for the broadcasters said: "We're delighted that there will be a debate with all the party leaders during the election campaign. The debate on 2nd April will build on the success of the 2010 TV debates which were so highly valued by viewers. 

"We're very pleased to be able to offer viewers an extensive range of programmes, across the four channels, featuring the party leaders interacting directly with voters during the campaign."


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