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: cost of living. The question was whether Sir Keir Starmer – who looked slightly nervous to start with – would break his habit of not revealing Labour’s plans. WINNER: RISHI SUNAK Keir turned on charm, humanity and empathy by DAN HODGES This debate was billed as Rishi Sunak’s last chance to save the election.

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Rishi Sunak was gracious in defeat – the Conservatives should keep him on as leader
8 months, 2 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 …

UK election: Keir Starmer's Labour eyes landslide win, Rishi Sunak concedes defeat
8 months, 3 weeks ago

UK election: Keir Starmer's Labour eyes landslide win, Rishi Sunak concedes defeat

Deccan Chronicle  

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the British people have “delivered a sobering verdict" as he conceded that the left-of-center Labour Party has won the general election. Labour leader Starmer says voters are ready for change Labour leader Keir Starmer says “voters have spoken and they are ready for change” as an exit poll points to a landslide win for …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Keir Starmer: Rishi Sunak has ‘failed to grasp the nettle’ on election betting scandal
9 months ago

Keir Starmer: Rishi Sunak has ‘failed to grasp the nettle’ on election betting scandal

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 Sir Keir Starmer has taken aim at Rishi Sunak’s leadership ability …

STEPHEN GLOVER: Keir Starmer is engaged in a gigantic deception against voters, so why won't Rishi take the fight to Labour leader? What's he got to lose!
9 months, 1 week ago

STEPHEN GLOVER: Keir Starmer is engaged in a gigantic deception against voters, so why won't Rishi take the fight to Labour leader? What's he got to lose!

Daily Mail  

How tough is Rishi Sunak? He has been resilient and industrious but has failed, like his party, to grip the main issue of the election: Sir Keir Starmer. He has been resilient and industrious but has failed, like his party, to grip the main issue of the election: Sir Keir Starmer People may forgive Sir Keir for his Trotskyist views …

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 …

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 …

General election Sky debate: Name your winner as Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak set our their election promises to Beth Rigby
9 months, 2 weeks ago

General election Sky debate: Name your winner as Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak set our their election promises to Beth Rigby

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 Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer have gone head-to-head once again …

General election TV debate: Name your winner as Nigel Farage, Angela Rayner and Penny Mordaunt clash on BBC
9 months, 2 weeks ago

General election TV debate: Name your winner as Nigel Farage, Angela Rayner and Penny Mordaunt clash on BBC

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 A seven-leader debate on Friday saw fireworks fly on our TV …

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 …

Leadership debate: Joe Lycett and Kathy Burke lead celebrity reactions
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Leadership debate: Joe Lycett and Kathy Burke lead celebrity reactions

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He doesn’t understand the British public vote for banter, not the desperate eyebrows of a …

Abu Qatada: Who is radical preacher named by Sunak in attack on Starmer during ITV election debate
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Abu Qatada: Who is radical preacher named by Sunak in attack on Starmer during ITV 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 Rishi Sunak has sought to attack Sir Keir Starmer on national …

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 …

The top quips of the Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer TV showdown
9 months, 3 weeks ago

The top quips of the Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer TV showdown

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. open image in gallery Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer “Ashamed” of his party’s record Mr …

General election TV debate: Tell us who your winner is as Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer go head-to-head on ITV
9 months, 3 weeks ago

General election TV debate: Tell us who your winner is as Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer go head-to-head on ITV

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 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer …

U.K.'s Sunak and Labour leader Starmer to debate next week
9 months, 3 weeks ago

U.K.'s Sunak and Labour leader Starmer to debate next week

The Hindu  

Britain's Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour opposition leader Keir Starmer will go head-to-head next Tuesday in the first televised debate of the election campaign, broadcaster ITV announced Wednesday. The hour-long debate between Mr. Sunak and the man heavily tipped to replace him in Downing Street after the July 4 general election will take place in front of a …

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
9 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Voters like and trust Keir Starmer more than Rishi Sunak, poll shows
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Voters like and trust Keir Starmer more than Rishi Sunak, poll shows

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer makes his first keynote …

Tories challenge Starmer to a record six TV debates
10 months ago

Tories challenge Starmer to a record six TV debates

The Telegraph  

The Tory election campaign is challenging Sir Keir Starmer to a record six TV debates as they attempt to show Labour has no plan, The Telegraph can reveal. We will do one every week if he wants.” Specifics yet to be determined Both Sir Keir, the Labour leader, and Mr Sunak, the Conservative leader, have publicly said for months that …

Watch: Sunak faces Starmer in PMQs as Diane Abbott Tory donor racism row continues
1 year ago

Watch: Sunak faces Starmer in PMQs as Diane Abbott Tory donor racism row continues

The Independent  

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Public expects Starmer will become prime minister, poll finds
1 year, 7 months ago

Public expects Starmer will become prime minister, poll finds

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. Read our privacy policy A majority of the public expects Sir Keir Starmer to …

Is Keir Starmer PM already? Rishi Sunak was asking him the questions...
1 year, 8 months ago

Is Keir Starmer PM already? Rishi Sunak was asking him the questions...

The Independent  

It is one of the oldest debating tactics in Prime Minister’s Questions: the leader of the opposition says that if the prime minister wants to ask him questions, he is quite happy to swap places. Turning the tables, Prime Minister Starmer asked Leader of the Opposition Sunak: “Where’s the money coming from?” Sunak retreated into the hedge of civil service …

‘He’s given up’: Keir Starmer’s wounding jibe against Rishi Sunak rings true
1 year, 8 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 accuses Rishi Sunak of being ‘too weak’ to stand up to non-doms
2 years, 3 months ago

Keir Starmer accuses Rishi Sunak of being ‘too weak’ to stand up to non-doms

The Independent  

Sir Keir Starmer has accused Rishi Sunak of being "too weak to stand up to tax avoiders" as he claimed the prime minister was choosing non-doms over nurses on the eve of an historic strike. As the two men clashed at Prime Minister’s Questions Sir Keir said: “The reason he can’t choose nurses over non-doms is that he is too …

Bombshell polling reveals Sir Keir Starmer is ahead of Rishi Sunak on 11 out of 12 key issues
2 years, 4 months ago

Bombshell polling reveals Sir Keir Starmer is ahead of Rishi Sunak on 11 out of 12 key issues

Daily Mail  

Sir Keir Starmer is ranked ahead of Rishi Sunak in nearly all areas, according to bombshell polling that reveals the size of the mountain the Prime Minister must climb to win the next General Election. Analysis by former Conservative deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft found that out of 12 different issues – such as the cost of living, the NHS, and …

Keir Starmer is looking confident, but here’s how Rishi Sunak can win the next election
2 years, 4 months ago

Keir Starmer is looking confident, but here’s how Rishi Sunak can win the next election

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer is not so much asking for your vote in May as begging for it
4 years ago

Keir Starmer is not so much asking for your vote in May as begging for it

The Independent  

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