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.

This national service plan just hasn’t been thought out -

who is going to pay to support these kids through uni, when they can’t work because they are doing national service?

who is going to offer extra support when they fall behind in uni work because they are doing national service?

Its absolute bullshit!

Nobody is telling you how to vote 🙄

The poster made the very fair comment that there are much bigger issues affecting people's everyday lives.

Bit like if you’re a barrister assigned a case by the crown you’d be a bit shit if you purposely threw a case for ideological reasons.

our legal system relies on having both a prosecution and a defence to ensure sound convictions and acquittals.

Rishi’s fondness of maligning Kier’s work history is by association maligning our entire legal system.

Omg RS is walking into the 14 year trap come on Kier punch him out

Youve had 14 years to sort it too Sunak 🙄

KS = capable Dad vibes

Indeed. Sensible and paternal.

14 years that Sunak can't talk about.
He can't rely on his own party record.

So why doesn't he just say his big ideas...omg what is starmer doing!!

I don’t understand how Keir thinks he will fund the teachers using the VAT from private schools - he hasn’t explained how the VAT will be staggered or factored in the cost of people leaving private school and flooding the state

Do your research - Sunsk is about 90 times richer than Starmer.

What a fucking useless pile of empty bollocks Sunak is

14 years to fuck the country and this is what he comes up with

He’s only got 45 seconds. What do you expect?

Starmer hasn’t explained anything.

He’s had many, many 45 seconds and has answered fuck all

When he got given the keys to his flat by his parents hahaha

In other words build.over green land...there goes the environment...

The tories have had 14 years to sort things out and they’ve made it worse. I can’t trust a thing they say. Too little too late. Hate the tories.

This format is crap. Would be better to have them on individually getting properly grilled by a few intelligent audience members.

Wtf is this. What a joke. Disgusted by all of this.

I think if that laughter keeps up I think that’s what will push Rishi into warp speed petulance.

I thought she was referring to Love Island as the biggest competition of the summer 😂

Remember, these are the sunlit uplands 🤦‍♀️

Nothing about Women’s Rights.

Starmer better on the homes.

Rishi strategically dropping a t in answering re football