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The Guardian view on televised election debates: the voters deserve better

Editorial: The TV contests between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer were sometimes illuminating, but they avoided the big questions facing Britain

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2024

UK debate: Better than Biden-Trump? Meh

Contenders for Britain's top job didn't call each other demented drug fiends. So, hey, at least there's that

Salon · Jun 27, 2024

The Farage faithful know he’s a fraud but they don’t care

The Reform UK candidate brought the air of a televangelist to a rally in Sunderland that was all show and no substance

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2024

Fury as Labour 'block their own candidate' from campaigning against Nigel Farage

LABOUR has been accused of “not putting up a fight” in the constituency Nigel Farage is standing in as their party candidate was instructed to…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 27, 2024

Sunak accused of ‘desperate’ tactics with ‘don’t surrender to Labour’ poster of child with hands up

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he was ‘surprised’ by the shock image - of what appears to be three people at gunpoint

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2024

OPINION - Keir Starmer crossed a big line when he called Rishi Sunak a liar — he shouldn't have done it

There it was. Not a slip of the tongue, not a mis-speak. A wilful, deliberate statement. And I never thought I’d hear it in a debate between two men at the very apex of public life. It was like a blow, only the man on the receiving end didn’t seem…

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2024

The Tories are terrified of a Labour ‘supermajority’ – but there are reasons for Labour supporters to be wary too

A landslide victory for Starmer could lead to hubris and division. For Conservatives, it’s an existential question, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2024

Sunak took the fight to Starmer in the last debate, but can’t progress with a party smothered by sleaze

The PM had points to make against an eminently beatable opponent, but I’m not sure the public wants to hear them now, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2024

Starmer says people would not be sent back to Afghanistan under returns policy

Labour leader says halting of asylum processing due to government’s Rwanda policy ‘absurd and reckless’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2024

Singer Arlo Parks: I’ve figured out who I am now

The musician has been appointed as the youngest Ambassador to the UK Committee for Unicef UK ahead of her Glastonbury Festival appearance.

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2024