A snap poll found viewers were split 50/50 on whether Rishi Sunak or Keir Starmer won the debate.
A snap poll to find the winner of last night’s final leaders’ debate on BBC One was split 50/50 between Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour’s Keir Starmer.
But the reaction to the debate suggests it’s more a case of neither side winning than both claiming victory.
The biggest cheer of the night came when an audience member asked if the two men were ‘really the best we’ve got’ – a moment seized upon by the Liberal Democrats.
There’s just one week to go until Polling Day on July 4, and the Conservatives are doing all they can to prevent a so-called Labour supermajority.
But a row over election betting has left both parties struggling to cut through with the policies they’re offering.
As the debate was taking place last night, the Metropolitan Police announced that it would lead the investigations into a ‘small number of cases’ relating to the scandal with a focus on potential ‘misconduct in public office’.
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