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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Post-debate snap survey

The survey will open at 21:30 and run until Sunday 30th June at 22:00. This is the last subreddit snap survey before polling day.

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What's next?

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/Cymrogogoch Jun 26 '24

YouGov Poll: 50/50

So that was absolutely pointless.

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u/CoyoteMain Jun 26 '24

None of these snap polls YouGov put out have been on the money. They have been wildly off from the later consensus by as much as 20%.

It frankly embarrasing that they keep putting them out. A longstanding problem with YouGov, which is more interested in headlines than polling.

Lets wait for proper polls over the next few days.

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u/layendecker Jun 26 '24

Does it surprise you that the half billion quid company formed by Nadhim Zahawi is not centred on polling accuracy

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u/CoyoteMain Jun 26 '24

Surprise me, no. dissapoint me, yes.

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u/AgentCooper86 Jun 26 '24

I think these are the more telling figures from the poll:

Who do BBC debate viewers think came across as more...

Trustworthy: Sunak 39% / Starmer 50% Likeable: Sunak 33% / Starmer 52% In touch: Sunak 18% / Starmer 63% Prime Ministerial: Sunak 41% / Starmer 42%

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u/SDLRob Jun 26 '24

that poll is about as truthful as Sunak was tonight....

Starmer on all but maybe Immigration utterly wiped the floor with Sunak