Lib Dems and SNP lose high court bid over TV election debate
Parties argued it was illegal and unfair to restrict broadcast to Labour and Conservatives
ITV’s election debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn will go ahead on Tuesday evening as scheduled after the Liberal Democrats and Scottish National party failed to convince the high court in London that their party leaders – Jo Swinson and Nicola Sturgeon – should be included.
After hearing legal arguments all day, two senior judges, Lord Justice Davis and Mr Justice Warby, ruled that because the broadcasting company was not exercising “a public function” it was not liable to judicial review challenge in the courts.