Sky News leaders’ interviews: Rishi Sunak looked defeated, while Keir Starmer just kept talking
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Sky News leaders’ interviews: Rishi Sunak looked defeated, while Keir Starmer just kept talking

The Independent  

The studio audience in Grimsby was presented with two evasive politicians, but one has not been in power yet and the other has, which meant that they were treated differently. Keir Starmer was almost physically dismantled on stage by a deceptively understated Beth Rigby, the Sky News presenter, who started by asking whether he meant it at the previous election when he said Jeremy Corbyn would make “a great prime minister”. “I’m much clearer in my own mind that the country must come first and the party second,” he said, adding that he came into politics late, which implied he had been naive but had learnt. The audience booed him when he blamed junior doctors for long NHS waiting lists, and someone shouted out “You’ve failed” when he said he was the person to deliver, not Starmer. It was no surprise that YouGov’s instant opinion poll found that 64 per cent of the TV audience thought Starmer did better, and only 36 per cent said Sunak.

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Rishi Sunak was gracious in defeat – the Conservatives should keep him on as leader
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Rishi Sunak was gracious in defeat – the Conservatives should keep him on as leader

The Independent  

For those of us in the press gallery, it was a disorienting experience, as if our heads were still spinning from the sleep deprivation of last week. Then, after the pantomime of dragging a patently unreluctant Lindsay Hoyle to the speaker’s chair, he called on “the prime minister, Keir Starmer”, to speak. He paid tribute to the speaker, as did …

General election 2024: Independent readers share their views on ‘statesmanlike’ Starmer and ‘obnoxious’ Sunak after BBC debate
9 months ago

General election 2024: Independent readers share their views on ‘statesmanlike’ Starmer and ‘obnoxious’ Sunak after BBC debate

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. One reader noted: “Starmer is articulate, but just has not got the bruising instincts of …

Sunak and Starmer were asked ‘are you the best we’ve got?’ The answer...
9 months ago

Sunak and Starmer were asked ‘are you the best we’ve got?’ The answer...

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Keir Starmer …

UK elections: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clash in testy final TV debate
9 months ago

UK elections: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clash in testy final TV debate

Hindustan Times  

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer went head-to-head on Wednesday in their last debate before an election next week, with both launching highly personal attacks over their and their parties' credibility. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak attend a live TV debate, hosted by The BBC. With …

Sunak, Starmer clash in final TV debate before UK general election
9 months ago

Sunak, Starmer clash in final TV debate before UK general election

Al Jazeera  

Event in central city of Nottingham covered issues from health to immigration with polls afterwards suggesting a tie. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer have faced off in their final televised debate ahead of the United Kingdom election, going head-to-head over issues from health to immigration and ethics, and struggling to be heard above a noisy …

Rishi Sunak tried to savage Keir Starmer as if he was already prime minister
9 months ago

Rishi Sunak tried to savage Keir Starmer as if he was already prime minister

The Independent  

Rishi Sunak was like an irritatingly bouncy leader of the opposition, harassing a world-weary prime minister who had to explain that life was a bit more complicated than his opponent suggested. Politics has a way of getting ahead of itself, and the BBC TV debate seemed to be taking place after 4 July, when all the problems raised by members …

The final game in the Sunak/Starmer Debate Cup was a messy draw
9 months ago

The final game in the Sunak/Starmer Debate Cup was a messy draw

The Independent  

There was no handshake at the end. “Complete nonsense,” Starmer kept grumbling as Sunak continued to repeat his tarnished claim that Labour would hike taxes “by thousands of pounds”. “If Labour wins, the people smugglers will need a bigger boat,” he jeered, jabbing at Starmer “what would you do?” To the Labour leader’s proposal to return unfounded asylum claimants, Sunak …

UK's Sunak and Starmer struggle to be heard as noisy protest mars their final election debate
9 months ago

UK's Sunak and Starmer struggle to be heard as noisy protest mars their final election debate

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer …

Sunak looked like a man who was running the country - until he wobbled
9 months, 1 week ago

Sunak looked like a man who was running the country - until he wobbled

The Telegraph  

Had this been a presidential election, Rishi Sunak would have come away from the Question Time debate feeling he had a good chance of winning. Where the audience made it clear to Sir Keir Starmer that they did not trust him, with Mr Sunak it was his party and his predecessors that they disliked, rather than him. Mr Sunak seemed …

General election 2024: Readers split after Sky News clash between Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak
9 months, 2 weeks ago

General election 2024: Readers split after Sky News clash between Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Independent readers are divided following another televised head-to-head between Rishi Sunak …

General election TV debate: Independent readers name YouGov poll and name Keir Starmer their winner
9 months, 3 weeks ago

General election TV debate: Independent readers name YouGov poll and name Keir Starmer their winner

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. BennCain ‘Clear winner’ Starmer was the clear winner - poised and Prime Ministerial, Sunak came …

Sunak or Starmer: who won the first general election TV debate?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Sunak or Starmer: who won the first general election TV debate?

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Sunak scored the first win of …

Key moments from the first Sunak-Starmer debate
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Key moments from the first Sunak-Starmer debate

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Sir Keir said Mr Sunak had raised tax 25 times, saying: “He is the …

Three experts deliver their debate verdict: SARAH VINE, STEPHEN GLOVER and DAN HODGES reveal who THEY think came out on top
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Three experts deliver their debate verdict: SARAH VINE, STEPHEN GLOVER and DAN HODGES reveal who THEY think came out on top

Daily Mail  

SARAH VINE: Standing at two luminous lecterns, against a backdrop that looked like something out of The Matrix, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour pretender Keir Starmer squared up for the first live debate of this election. TV spotlight: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer with ITV’s Julie Etchingham Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had fire in his belly First question: …

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer will go head-to-head in first election debate on TUESDAY at 9pm on ITV - with Tories hoping the PM can narrow huge gap in the polls
10 months ago

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer will go head-to-head in first election debate on TUESDAY at 9pm on ITV - with Tories hoping the PM can narrow huge gap in the polls

Daily Mail  

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer will go head-to-head in the first televised election debate next week. As the election battle gathers pace today: Labour is struggling to contain a row about Diane Abbott being blocked from standing as a candidate at the election; Junior doctors have announced a six-day strike finishing on July 2 - just two days before the …

‘He’s given up’: Keir Starmer’s wounding jibe against Rishi Sunak rings true
1 year, 9 months ago

‘He’s given up’: Keir Starmer’s wounding jibe against Rishi Sunak rings true

The Independent  

Keir Starmer, who opposed the 300,000-a-year house-building target before he supported it, asked Rishi Sunak why he is against it when he used to be for it. The prime minister replied with a jumble of statistics that amounted to: “Look, you and I both know that it is difficult to build houses in places people want to live in the …

Keir Starmer has zeroed in on Rishi Sunak’s weak spot
2 years, 4 months ago

Keir Starmer has zeroed in on Rishi Sunak’s weak spot

The Independent  

Rishi Sunak is still at the early stage of his premiership, when the opposition is testing him, probing for his weaknesses, trying to get the measure of him. Then Liam Byrne asked why “one of the richest men in Britain” refused to scrap the £3bn tax break for non-doms who “profit from our country but won’t make our country their …

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