Natalie Bennett to ask: “Five hundred thousand homes – £2.7bn? What are they made of – plywood?” In January 2015 Ofcom ruled to exclude the Green Party from the televised debates surrounding the 2015 election, on the grounds that the party had not demonstrated "significant past electoral support in General Elections". This ruling led to an upsurge in Green Party support after Bennett called the ruling "disgraceful and indefensible" and David Cameron claimed that he was "quite happy for there to be no debates at all" if the Green Party was not included. This decision was later reversed, after which the Green
Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town Farnon's voice announces "Ladies and gentlemen, from London – meet Mr. Tony Bennett!" and Bennett steps onto the stage. The shows themselves were almost entirely musical; at the time Bennett described them as "mini-concerts". Providing support for the singers was a 38-person orchestra composed of some of England's leading musicians. These included Kenny Baker on trumpet, Bobby Lamb and Don Lusher on trombone, Danny Moss on tenor saxophone, and numerous others. There were strings as well, and the orchestra leader was Lionel Bentley. Also included in the orchestra were the members of Bennett's supporting combo at the time, John Bunch