Scottish leaders square up for first televised debate
Scottish National Party Leader John Swinney during the SNP General Election Campaign launch with SNP Westminster candidates and activists at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow, June 2, 2024
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THE First Minister has called for a “respectful contest” amid Green fury at their exclusion from Scotland’s first televised election debate.
Labour, SNP, Tory and Liberal Democrat Scottish leaders will all take part in the STV programme, discussing the general election’s key issues.
The contest will go ahead without the Scottish Greens, in a decision they described as “outrageous.”
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