Channel 4 confirms first ever TV election debate on climate crisis for this Thursday

Michael Holder
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Broadcaster invites Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage to join leaders from Labour, Lib Dems, Green Party and the SNP in head-to-head debate

The leaders of Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party, and the SNP will go head-to-head in a debate over their climate policies on Thursday night, in what promises to be the first ever televised...

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