A debate with anger, passion and jeopardypublished at 22:16 26 June
Chris Mason
Political editor
Tonight was all about the tone – the exchanges as opposed to the content.
Of course, the content matters but much
of that will be familiar to regular viewers over the last five weeks.
It was the exchanges that defined tonight.
It was a more
free-flowing debate than we’ve seen previously – there was more anger, there was more passion, there was more jeopardy.
Sunak had nothing to lose tonight and that defined his
approach – he really went for it.
Starmer had everything to lose and you could
sense that too, but he was much more aggressive than he was a few weeks back
when the equivalent programme took place on ITV.
Tonight, the scripted put downs were there from both of
them, the things they anticipate will be clipped up on social media in the
coming minutes and hours and circulate with a half-life between now and polling
day.
They were prepped, they were conscious of what was at stake. It was quite a watch.
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