Green Party: Broadcasters 'out of touch' with debates

Broadcasters are "out of touch" by excluding the Green Party from the proposed televised debates ahead of the General Election, leader Natalie Bennett said.

She said: "With these proposals the broadcasters are demonstrating just how out of touch they are with the public mood, and how ridiculously they cling to the idea that the future of politics looks like the past."

The Green Party leader said it was clear from votes and polls that the public were "fed up with the three business-as-usual parties" and were looking around for alternatives.

The party's supporters would be "seriously short-changed by debates from which we were excluded," Ms Bennett added.