LIBDEM leader Jo Swinson has insisted her party joins the Tories and Labour as the third party in "three-way" televised election debates – despite them being the fourth largest party in the Commons.
Swinson's party, who represents East Dumbartonshire, has 19 MPs as opposed to the SNP's 35 MPs. Twelve were elected at the 2017 election, but a further seven MPs have defected to the party since.
During PMQs, the party leader said: "At this General Election voters deserve better than a choice between the two tired old parties and in the TV debates people deserve to hear from a leader who wants to stop Brexit and build a better future.
"So will the Prime Minister commit today to take part in those three-way debates or is he going to run scared of debating a girly swot?"
Boris Johnson rejected the proposals, accusing the LibDems of being a "bunch of hypocrites".
"Mr Speaker I think what the people of this country want is their promises kept. And I'm not disposed to believe in the promises of the Liberal Democrats when their leaflets in London say they want to revoke the result of the referendum and their leaflets South West of the country don't mention Brexit at all.
"That's the bunch of hypocrites, they stand for nothing but a policy of dither and delay and indecision."
Yesterday MPs voted for a General Election to take place on December 12.
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