The various parties involved in the televised leaders’ debate have finally come to an agreement on how they will work. You can read full details here, courtesy of Sky. But the main points are:
i) Topics and locations. The first debate will be hosted by ITV’s Alastair Stewart, in Manchester, and will cover domestic affairs. The second will be Sky’s Adam Boulton, in Bristol, and will cover foreign policy. And the third will be the Beeb’s David Dimbleby, in Birmingham, on the economy.
ii) Structure. The rather rigid structure of each programme will be as follows:
“Each leader will make an opening statement on the theme of the debate lasting for 1 minute. After the three opening statements the moderator will take the first question on the agreed theme. There will be closing statements of 1 minute 30 seconds from all three leaders at the end of the 90 minutes.
Each leader will have 1 minute to answer the question.
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