A Question for all you politically exercised members…..

Mrs CH is an avid listener and watcher of the election bandwagon as it rolls towards next Thursday, so I over hear and am occasionally drawn into what is going on.

So I have have failed to grasp why the leaders of two national parties, for which the majority of us cannot vote, are being given so much air time. Fair enough in Scotland and Wales, but why nationally? And by the same token why are the leaders of the main Northern Ireland parties excluded from from any air time or debates?

I am confident that keen political analysts out there will come to my rescue!!:D