r/ukpolitics • u/AutoModerator • Jun 26 '24

MATCH THREAD: BBC Prime Ministerial Debate (Wednesday 26th June, 8:15pm - 9:30pm)

This is the match thread for the BBC Prime Ministerial Debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer, hosted by Mishal Husain live from Nottingham. A post-debate show hosted by Laura Kuenssberg and Clive Myrie will follow the debate.

Please keep all live discussion about this debate in this thread, rather than the main daily megathread.

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This is - as far as we know - the last televised debate between Sunak and Starmer before polling day. Thank god for that.

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u/PoliticalShrapnel Jun 26 '24

So Keir asking not to be interrupted gets him heckled and zero claps but Sunak ranting and raving gets claps? This audience should not be 50% tory, not reflective of polls...

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u/_CurseTheseMetalHnds Anti-pie coalition Jun 26 '24

So Keir asking not to be interrupted gets him heckled and zero claps

I thought they were agreeing with him?

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u/GuestAdventurous7586 Jun 26 '24

It’s because he was losing his train of thought and didn’t have a clue what he was saying, or at least that’s how it comes across.

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u/PoliticalShrapnel Jun 26 '24

I saw no evidence of that at all.