Furious Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson demands to be included in ITV head-to-head election debate with Corbyn and Johnson

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LIBERAL Democrat leader Jo Swinson is furious she has not been included in the ITV head-to-head election debate with the Prime Minister and Jeremy Corbyn and is demanding to be invited.

Ms Swinson unleashed her anger on Twitter posting a link to her party’s site which bared the phrase “Debate Her”.

Jo Swinson is furious she has not been included in the ITV debate, and insists she should be invited
Boris Johnson is set to battle with Jeremy Corbyn live on ITV on November 19
Corbyn’s debate with Boris comes weeks before the General Election on December 19

She posted the link with the caption: “Scared boys?”

On the Lib Dem’s website, the party adds: “Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are running scared of debating the woman leader of the strongest party of Remain.

“If Jo is not included, it will be the first debate that will just include the leaders of Britains two biggest parties.

“The voters of this country deserve to hear from Jo Swinson on the debate stage, not just from two men who want to deliver Brexit.”

Jo’s tweet has been shared and liked thousands of times on Twitter

The hashtag #debateher was trending on Twitter after her post, with more MPs questioning why the female leader was left out.

Chuka Umunna tweeted: “Excluding women from the #GE2019 leaders’ debates is sexist, undemocratic and wrong. These two blokes don’t spk for Britain, we aren’t a 2 party country and the millions of people who want to #stopbrexit won’t have a voice.”

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage, or the SNP have not been invited to the debate either.

Last night, tele bosses confirmed Boris Johnson and Corbyn will be grilled live on ITV.

On November 19 with news presenter Julie Etchingham quizzing the leaders.

Initially, liberal MPs were left raging, and accused the two leaders of a cosy establishment stitch-up.

Lib Dem Deputy Leader Ed Davey raged: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are running scared.

They appear determined to block the woman leader of the strongest party of Remain from the debate stage.

SNP boss Ian Blackford stormed: Given that the SNP may well hold the balance of power in the next parliament, ITVs proposed head-to-head debate is deeply misleading for audiences.

If Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn think they are good enough to be Prime Minister, then they should be up to debating the SNP and broadcasters should not let them hide from that challenge.

Boris said he was raring to go on the telly to make his case to the nation.

He tweeted: Looking forward to making the positive case to the country that we should get Brexit done and deliver on the peoples priorities our NHS, schools, tackling crime and the cost of living.

Corbyn said that when it comes down to it, the snap election will be a stark choice between the two leaders.

He said: This is a once in a generation election. So its welcome that Boris Johnson has accepted our challenge of a head to head TV debate.

The latest announcement of a televised clash came a day after Labours deputy leader Tom Watson wrote to broadcasters demanding they rise to the challenge of Boris Johnsons lies during the campaign.

Initially ITV bosses hoped to hold a secodna debate that would include all party leaders, Liberal Democrats, the Brexit Party, the SNP, the Greens, Plaid Cymru alongside the two big parties.

Lib Dem MPs accusedBoris and Jeremy of a cosy establishment stitch-up
Political party leaders whose members will be vying for seats in the House of Commons in the 2019 general election: (L-R) Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster, Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon, Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson, Britain’s Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson, Britain’s main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, Green Party co-leader Sian Berry and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage
Britain will go to the polls on December 12, 2019 to vote in a pre-Christmas general election
A combination of pictures created in London on November 1, 2019 shows political party leaders whose members will be vying for seats in the House of Commons in the 2019 general election: Britain’s Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson (L) and (L-R top) Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster, Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson and Britain’s main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, (L-R bottom) Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon, Green Party co-leader Sian Berry and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage. – Britain will go to the polls on December 12, 2019 to vote in a pre-Christmas general election. (Photo by – / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)