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Robbie Griffiths

‘Bring it on!’ Keir Starmer says he is ready for election debates with Rishi Sunak

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was in buoyant mood last night as he claimed he is looking forward to live TV debates with Rishi Sunak during an election campaign. “Bring it on” he said at a recording of The Political Party podcast, predicting “quite a few” one-on-one clashes. Boris Johnson did election debates against Jeremy Corbyn, but Theresa May dodged them.

Sir Keir added that Labour could draw up a manifesto for government within 14 days of an election being called. He also confirmed that deputy leader Angela Rayner would be his deputy PM, despite rumours of a rift.

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