British opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband on Saturday accused Prime Minister David Cameron of trying to "chicken out" of head-to-head televised debates with him ahead of a national election on May 7 and said he would take part with or without Cameron. Broadcasters had proposed three debates, two of them between the leaders of seven parties and one between just Miliband and Cameron, the two people most likely to become prime minister after May 7, but Cameron has rejected their proposal.
Instead, the Conservative leader has said he would take part in just one debate, with six other party leaders, a stance widely seen as a tactic to protect his own high personal ratings and deprive his main rival of publicity. In a speech at the annual conference of Labour's Scottish branch, Miliband said his party had written to the broadcasters to confirm he would take part in the proposed debates whatever Cameron did.