of six of those parties, but not the green party, to the annoyance of many viewers, including christopher coreyt the bbc in their forthcoming election specials have invited ukip to take part and have excluded the green party. i think this is unfair and ludicrous, to be honest. i am not a green party supporter, and i am certainly not a ukip supporter, however, i do think that the green party should qualify far above ukip to have their voice heard in these election specials. 0ther viewers were annoyed about the absence of a televised debate between the two main candidates to lead the next government. some comparing it to the long established tradition of american presidential hopefuls squaring up to each other, a debate in march between the two leading candidates to become prime minister of the netherlands, and the tv discussions before the recent presidential election in france. if those countries can do it, wondered terry pearson, why should our potential leaders avoid that sort of scrutiny? isn't it about time the bbc took on the clearly prepared conservative strategy of not letting may face s

of six of those parties, but not the green party, to the annoyance of many viewers, including christopher coreyy supporter, and i am certainly not a ukip supporter, however, i do think that the green party should qualify far above ukip to have their voice heard in these election specials. 0ther viewers were annoyed about the absence of a televised debate between the two main candidates to lead the next government. some comparing it to the long established tradition of american presidential hopefuls squaring up to each other, a debate in march between the two leading candidates to become prime minister of the netherlands, and the tv discussions before the recent presidential election in france. if those countries can do it, wondered terry pearson, why should our potential leaders avoid that sort of scrutiny? well, let's discuss some of those issues with the bbc‘s head of news gathering, jonathan monroe. jonathan, let's start with whether the bbc should have done more to try to get theresa may to take part in a leaders debate by threatening to go ahead with her seat empty. well, we're really disa