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According to the Times Labour want two televised election debates while the Conservatives want as many as possible.

The Conservative position is not that surprising - going back to the 90s, the candidates with the least to lose are the ones who want debates; for those ahead, there's more that can go wrong than to be potentailly gained. Labour agreeing to debates is presumably because they're currently playing the 'chicken' card over the election date and don't want it blowing back against them, though suspect they are drawing red lines about certain parties' inclusions (Blair torpedoed debates in 97 over Ashdown's inclusion, though this was really an excuse for not wanting them anyway).

Given that neither are great media performers, suspect the broadcasters will want many clogging up the schedules, especially considering below average interest in the election as well.