Nigel Farage has been invited to take part in TV leaders' debates in the lead up to 2015's general election. He has been offered a place alongside David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg in the last of three proposed debates. The proposed lineups are yet to be approved by the other party leaders.
Members and supporters of other parties, including the Green party and the SNP, took to social media to protest that they should also be represented in the debates if Ukip's leader is to be included. "Mad not to include The Green Party in the leader debates," said the Greens' Jenny Jones on Twitter, "if only to have at least one woman on the platform."
"There's a case for all the UK-wide parties represented in parliament having some participation in UK-wide debates," added one Guardian commenter. "I really think the whole thing needs to be formalised now, with definite rules set down as to how the debates are structured and how parties gain access to the debates (and how much)."
Who do you think should be included in the televised debates? The current proposal sees Miliband and Cameron take part in a debate hosted by Jeremy Paxman, followed by a debate that would include Clegg, followed by a third debate which would see all three face Farage.