Tonight's TV debate Sunak v Starmer - any predictions?

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Anyone up for a watch thread? Maybe even debate bingo. I know I know, don't threaten me with a good time. (Bingo suggestions: natural party of business, Labour has no plan, end the chaos, Rayner will take over, assorted references to Starmer's time as DPP probably blaming for Jimmy Saville again, inflation is down etc etc.)

At this point I seriously doubt anything like this will remotely change the game Nick Clegg style. I read somewhere the only way Sunak could come out of this ahead in the polls is if Starmer pulled off a mask scooby-doo style to reveal he's Jeremy Corbyn, which admittedly would be great telly.

I'm so fed up with the endless rhetoric but will definitely watch later anyway.

@L1ttledrummergirl people do believe him. Lots of people.

I would be shouting too if someone was just refusing to answer the questions

I'm interested in what KS says about Gaza it's pretty important to some of his seats

Yes. Laughable.

Sure but how

Surely prosecuting smugglers would only be an effective solution there were an upper limit of smugglers and not a endless whackamole of thugs willing to give is a shot to make a fortune?

2 state solution ...

Keir is simply embarrassing.

Why do they both have Lego hair? <superficial>

I know what you mean but I'm much more interested in what he has to say about this country.

Weird. Linking defence spending to Hamas?

I think his government will have the civil service on side, which will be half the battle.

Starmer doesn’t believe in himself. He doesn’t believe what he is saying.

What job did Starmer do before? I’ve forgotten.

They definitely have had the same hairdresser this evening!

He said he wouldnt personally use private medical care cos he believes in the bhs yet to bring waiting lists down he will use private sector ....

Fucking hell, that was low.

Hahahahah it’s one of the key phrases he’s been told to parrot.

he’s just been told these things to say specifically to avoid answering actual questions.

Their plan is to make everyone is the NHS work more hours! There are no new people.

Where are the teachers coming from? There is an exodus now…. And it isn’t just a Tory govt issue. It’s the level of shite teachers have to put up with from parents. And god help us when a great deal of the 7% privately-educated join the state system because a significant number of those places are for SEN kids and only the very poorest kids will be pushed out further. Absolute madness.

Cheap shot about the CPS

Education, elder care and NHS way more important to the majority of normal working people. This country is in crisis with public services - children, health, education, mental health, the list goes on - in absolute crisis.

If your biggest worry is transgender then you're clearly insulated from the actual crisis.

Is brylcreem the secret winner of the debates or have they lost brand capital in this mess?

Enjoyed this pun 😁

They definitely have had the same hairdresser this evening!

It's weird isn't it! Kind of 50s gelled look.

Why is Starmer citing prosecuting terrorist groups in his previous job rather than talking about what his plans for defence spending are?

I’m an undecided voter at the moment, a small-c conservative. Starmer is doing nothing to convince me why I should vote for Labour.