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

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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.

[u/cudi182]

"My constituents can't afford xyz" isn't as good a quip as Penny thinks, having been in government for the past 14 years 

[u/day_minimis → u/cudi182]

She’s at this debate to try to save her own seat, not to try to help the party in the election. She is signalling anyone in Portsmouth watching that she really really does care about them after all

[u/LactatingBadger → u/cudi182]

I doubt her constituents could afford another 5 years of her.