U.K.'s Johnson replaced by ice block in TV debate, Conservatives cry foul

British broadcaster Channel 4 replaced PM Johnson with a block of melting ice in an election debate on climate change, prompting his party to complain this broke impartiality rules

"This effectively seeks to deprive the Conservative Party of any representation and attendance," the Conservatives wrote in a letter of complaint to broadcast regulator Ofcom.

The Conservatives said Thursday's disagreement was"part of a wider pattern of bias by Channel 4 in recent months." On Thursday, the editor of Channel 4's main news program, Ben de Pear, likened the Conservatives' approach to the media to that ofConservative Party chairman James Cleverly said Britain's election was parliamentary, not presidential, making it unreasonable for Channel 4 to require Johnson's appearance as a condition of the Conservatives taking part in the debate.

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