Want to ‘bring the nation together’? Have a leaders’ TV debate

Our PM says she wants to “unite Britain”, to bring every part of the nation together. But how does she even begin to do that if halfway-proper debates – scoring over 7 million then over 8 million viewers in 2015 – are off the agenda? Debates attract healthy audiences because they seem to be special events, moments when young and old, rich and poor sit down together. For more information, vitist The Guardian.