article_snippet: Ed Miliband claimed the move would ensure ‘once and for all, that these debates belong to the people’.
article_snippet: This would avoid the debates dominating the entire campaign, something David Cameron has been warning about for several years.
article_snippet: Otherwise, all we are doing all the way through the election campaign is talking about the debates dominating the entire campaign.
article_snippet: ’ Labour said putting the debates dominating the entire campaign on a statutory footing would prevent the recent rows about when Labour should take place and which parties would be involved.
article_snippet: It is time to ensure, once and for all, that these debates belong to the people, not the prime minister of the day.