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Greens launch legal bid for fair air time
Ofcom insists they are not a ‘major party’
THE GREENS have enlisted top lawyers to fight a general election gag imposed yesterday by broadcast regulator Ofcom despite the party’s poll surge.
Leader Natalie Bennett said her party was preparing to take legal action to win air time if Ofcom maintained that the Greens were not a “major party.”
Ofcom’s ruling means the Greens would be denied election broadcasts on eight major TV and radio stations — despite having leapfrogged Nick Clegg’s loathed Lib Dems in the polls.
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