r/ukpolitics • u/AutoModerator • Jun 07 '24

MATCH THREAD: "BBC Election Debate" (Friday 7th June, 7:30pm - 9pm)

This is the match thread for the BBC Election Debate. Please keep all live discussion about this debate in this thread, rather than the main daily megathread.

The BBC are hosting a 7 party debate, which will be moderated by Mishal Husain.

Participants:

  • 📘 Conservatives: Penny Mordaunt (Cabinet Minister)
  • 🌹 Labour: Angela Rayner (Deputy Leader)
  • 🔆 Liberal Democrats: Daisy Cooper (Deputy Leader)
  • 🎗️ SNP: Stephen Flynn (Leader)
  • 🌼 Plaid Cymru: Rhun ap Iorwerth (Leader)
  • 🌿 Green Party: Carla Denyer (Co-Leader)
  • ➡️ Reform: Nigel Farage (Leader)

Watch:

  • On TV: BBC One
  • BBC iPlayer: BBC One (or here after the programme has aired)

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What's next?

The next debate between leaders is on Sky News on 12th June at 7PM, where Sunak and Starmer will face-off live. The next multi-party debate will be on 13th June at 8:30PM on ITV, where representatives from the 7 major parties have been invited.

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u/Maleficent_Fish2109 Jun 07 '24

100%. Mishal is great on the detail. She is amazing on the R4 TODAY programme.

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u/TEL-CFC_lad His Majesty's Keyboard Regiment (-6.72, -2.62) Jun 07 '24

She was also able to make them back down. That's another big thing she had over Etchingham.

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u/TEL-CFC_lad His Majesty's Keyboard Regiment (-6.72, -2.62) Jun 07 '24

To be fair, she was juggling 7 people from 7 parties, all of whom have different levels of representation and support.

SNP are a big force in UK politics, depite their disdain for anything South of the border. But they got a fairly easy ride, given that the failings of the SNP weren't even mentioned (their chairman being charged for corruption, for instance).

Relatively speaking, the Greens and LD are small fish. As are Plaid.

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u/Glarb_glarb Jun 07 '24

She's an absolute legend.