Lib Dems considering court action over exclusion from TV debate

Move challenges BBC’s decision to only include Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn in pre-election broadcast

The Liberal Democrats have disclosed they are “looking at court action” over Jo Swinson’s exclusion from a BBC election debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn.

The broadcaster announced on Friday that it would host a traditional head-to-head debate between the prime minister and Labour leader on 6 December.

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Under the first-past-the-post voting system, tactical voting is when you vote for a party that you would not normally support in order to stop another party from winning. For example, in a constituency where the result is usually tight between a party you dislike and a party you somewhat dislike, and the party you support usually comes a distant third and has no chance of winning, you might choose to lend your vote to the party you somewhat dislike. This avoids ‘“wasting” your vote on a party that cannot win the seat, and boosting the chances that the party you dislike most will lose.

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