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So... more than 50% of people in the UK earn more than £80,000 apparently! And ALL doctors, accountants and solicitors are earning that!

 

Incredible.

I’m actually astonished that I’m earning only half of what the top 50% of the country. Why am I being called a c**t by teenagers every other week in order to achieve that? I need to do what he’s doing.

Anyone watching the Leaders Debate on BBC1. Corbyn, Sturgeon, Swinson and Johnson get 30 minutes each of questions from the audience.

:o Am shocked. Swinson's just apologised for tuition fees and admitted they got that wrong.

 

 

She's ruled out working with Labour under Corbyn or the Tories under Boris if there's a hung parlIament.

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I knew what to expect with Boris (a mess) but I was surprised by just how poor Swinson performed.

 

The audience were shockingly direct, pointed, and held these politicians to a standard journalists struggle with. They really highlighted just how inadequate British journalism has been recently.

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Corbyn SMASHED it, Joe looked like she was going yo cry and got savaged, and Etonian cowardly blubbering Bojo was the worst candidate EVER on the show.

Glad to see Boris struggle so much - it was a car crash. Jo Swinson struggled a lot as well, although she did have one or two bright spots - particularly when explaining her views on Brexit. Jeremy Corbyn and Nicola Sturgeon both performed well.

 

I love how good the audience was. Journalists could learn a thing or two from them.

 

I feel this debate may help change the tides of the current GE. Potentially seeing the tory lead beginning to fall, with Labour rising.

Swinson was a car crash...which was actually very surprising. For someone and a party that it trying to build its platform on being reasonable etc. it was really cringeworthy to watch. It reminded me of Nick Clegg in 2015 getting hammered in every TV appearance for their record in government.

 

Boris was an even bigger car crash...but that was entirely expected.

 

It felt like a turning point for Corbyn but even he was given a really hard time as well. I thought he dealt pretty well with some tricky questions and feisty questioning.

 

Like blacksquare said, the public have done a far better job of holding these leaders to account than any journalist has been in recent weeks, months, years. Rather than debates, I'd rather see more of this type of format in the future. I don't think the debates do anywhere near as a good a job of holding politicians to account and showing up their flaws as these one-to-one Q&As with members of the public.

I actually thought that Jo Swinson did reasonably well fielding some tough questions - it was good to see some acceptance that it was the wrong policy on tuition fees.

Common Sense will try and find some way of protecting his bumbling bloated hero tomorrow of course :lol:

On Jeremy Corbyn and his position of neutrality on the proposed 'credible deal vs remain' EU referendum - absolutely the right position IMO.

 

Had Cameron adopted this approach the remain side may have won in 2016 and he'd still be PM. Just a thought.

I'm glad to see Twitter agreeing that this was the best moment of the show:

 

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Complete deconstructing of Boris and the government in just 1 minute and he just has no way to respond properly.

Like others I feel the TV appearances this week seem to be a bit of a turning point along with the manifesto launch for labour - hope their opinion polls remain above 30% and continue to climb in the coming weeks.

 

That guy from QT on Thursday night talking about tax made an absolute clown of himself.

Those audience members totally tore strips out of Boris and he had no way of wriggling out of such indefensible things they presented him with. In fact, I would say he totally f***ed it. It was so pleasing to see!

Corbyn SMASHED it, Joe looked like she was going yo cry and got savaged, and Etonian cowardly blubbering Bojo was the worst candidate EVER on the show.

 

I'm beginning to wonder of you are simply a bot set up by Momentum, since you respond as if by reflex to anything that doesn't suit you/Labour. :heehee:

 

Like others I feel the TV appearances this week seem to be a bit of a turning point along with the manifesto launch for labour - hope their opinion polls remain above 30% and continue to climb in the coming weeks.

 

Won't it be clearer when all manifestos are out, though?

I'm glad to see Twitter agreeing that this was the best moment of the show:

 

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Complete deconstructing of Boris and the government in just 1 minute and he just has no way to respond properly.

The start of his answer sums up his campaign perfectly. He certainly cannot completely disown the time before he became PM. He has been in the Cabinet for most of the last four-and-half years.

 

I only saw part of Jo Swinson’s slot and none of the rest. However, judging by comments I’ve seen, a lot of people feel she gets more grief for the party’s five years as a junior coalition partner than the Tories get for their near ten years as either the senior coalition partner or the sole party of government.

I'm beginning to wonder of you are simply a bot set up by Momentum, since you respond as if by reflex to anything that doesn't suit you/Labour. :heehee:

Won't it be clearer when all manifestos are out, though?

 

So you think Bojo did well?! :rofl: And no. Tories have been in power 10 years. It's more of the same and NHS privatisation with that shambles. The end.

Do you lot want my unbiased verdict?

 

It wasn't one one our PM's best performances but he wisely deflected the question about austerity. He did okay for a live debate though.

 

I admit that Corbyn was good but Swinson was awful. Didn't see Sturgeon as was watching Coronation Street.

So you think Bojo did well?! :rofl: And no. Tories have been in power 10 years. It's more of the same and NHS privatisation with that shambles. The end.

 

 

How many times has Boris and others said that they have no intention whatsoever of privatising the NHS? No government of any colour would dare to do it.

Tories are in MELTDOWN today and have been since last night :rofl: They are screaming about BBTory bias and Questiontime plants, which couldn't be more ironic if they tried!!! This was also on a night when a Tory plant appeared for a THIRD TIME on the show. Corbyn schooled him and went on his way anyway. They are screaming about leave-voting Sheffield being a "60% remoaner city" :rofl: . They just can't handle it. It's time for this nhs privatising shambles of incompetency to be thrown into the history books, with Bojo thrown into a mental asylum. To think there are simple minded, selfish rich and brainwashed people who will still vote for the evil Tories after last night!!