article_snippet: Downing Street has given a 'final offer' over the proposed election TV debates, involving seven party leaders, including David Cameron .
article_snippet: ‘final offer’ has been given to broadcasters for David Cameron to take part in one, seven-way TV election debate.
article_snippet: This is our final offer, and to be clear, given the fact this has been a deeply unsatisfactory process and our are within a month of the 2010 election campaign, the Prime Minister will not be participating in more than one debate,’ the Prime Minister’s director of communications Craig Oliver wrote to BBC.
article_snippet: The Tories’ ultimatum is unlikely to be agreed by other parties, or broadcasters who each want to hold one debate, prompting doubts about whether any will now take place.
article_snippet: However, sources at the main broadcasters concede it would be difficult to proceed if David Cameron does not agree to participate.
article_snippet: In recent weeks, you have avoided letting all other parties present sit in a room to hammer out proposals, making progress impossible.
highlights_snippet: Other parties unlikely to agree, raising doubts over whether debates will happen .