UK To Hold Second Electoral Debate

The debate, with the absence of David Cameron and Nick Clegg hitting the campaign trail, could offer clues to possible General Election Alliances.

Ed Miliband, Leanne Wood (Plaid Cymru), Natalie Bennett (Green Party), Nicola Sturgeon (SNP) and Nigel Farage (UKIP) will square up for another televised debate.

They drew lots to decide where they will be standing on the night and the order they will be speaking.

Mr. Miliband will be positioned to the far left next to Ms Wood and Mr Farage to the far right next to Ms Sturgeon with Ms Bennett in the middle of the group.

The leaders will be allowed to make short opening statements at the beginning of the programme, starting with Leanne Wood.

Electoral registration and administration

Each leader will have one minute to get across their party's stance on each subject before 10 minutes of free debate.

Finally there will be closing statements with the last word going to Nigel Farage.

The debate will be hosted by BBC's David Dimbleby.

United Kingdom is set to hold its General Election on May 7, 2015 to elect the 56th parliament.

This follows the Fix-term parliament Act 2011, that was amended by the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013, which mandated dissolution of the 55th Parliament on 30 March 2015.

The UK general elections, voting takes place in all parliamentary constituencies of the United Kingdom to elect members of parliament (MPs) to seats in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament.

by Musalia Wycliffe

Source: Sky News