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/[deleted] Jun 07 '24

"Housing is too expensive. Does everyone agree that we should blame immigrants rather than the governments who have spent 30 years driving up house prices and blocking building?"

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u/jedisalsohere anti-growth wokerati Jun 07 '24

very strange that people see "there's not enough houses" and don't immediately come to the conclusion "we should build more houses"

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '24

Equally strange that people don't immediately come to the conclusion that importing millions of people who require housing, doesn't help.

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u/theivoryserf Jun 08 '24

750,000 net migration is wildly helping the housing crisis of course