{"id":65867,"date":"2024-06-05T00:32:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T00:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/05\/sunak-and-starmer-couldnt-wait-to-tear-into-each-other-during-a-snippy-debate\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T00:32:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T00:32:21","slug":"sunak-and-starmer-couldnt-wait-to-tear-into-each-other-during-a-snippy-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/05\/sunak-and-starmer-couldnt-wait-to-tear-into-each-other-during-a-snippy-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunak and Starmer couldn’t wait to tear into each other during a ‘snippy’ debate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Both the Starmer and Sunak campaigns agree: the first head-to-head of the election campaign was – in many ways – a difficult watch.<\/p>\n

The two men have spent a fortnight on the campaign trail attacking one another from hundreds of miles apart. It was undoubtedly snippy.<\/p>\n

Suddenly they were together in a room, able to do it in front of an invited audience – and they couldn’t wait to tear into each other.<\/p>\n

As a result they couldn’t wait to bludgeon their opponent’s pre-prepared lines, mock and cajole one another, often talking at the same time.<\/p>\n

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A weary ITV host Julie Etchingham repeatedly tried to keep them to time, awkwardly struggling at points to shut both men up as they resisted her attempts to halt them.<\/p>\n

The debate quickly settled into a slightly unsatisfactory rhythm: Keir Starmer<\/a><\/strong> would accuse his Tory<\/a><\/strong> opponent of allowing things to get worse on his watch. Rishi Sunak<\/a><\/strong> would return fire saying that his Labour opponent did not have a plan.<\/p>\n

Starmer used ridicule to try to land his points, saying Sunak wouldn’t have called the election<\/a><\/strong> early if the economy was doing as well as he claimed and migration was finally under control.<\/p>\n

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The moment that most pleased Labour spin doctors was his mockery of Sunak who claimed “waiting lists are coming down”. Starmer responded: “They were at 7.2 million (when he arrived) and they are 7.5 million now\u2026 and the guy says he’s good at maths.”<\/p>\n

However, Sunak was determined to grill his opponent – pressing 13 times an allegation that Labour rejects that they would raise taxes by \u00a32,000 if they came into power.<\/p>\n

Afterwards, Labour<\/a><\/strong> spin doctors conceded their man did not reject this point strongly enough, dismissing it rather than explaining why it was wrong and calling it out.<\/p>\n

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Sunak’s most successful moment was highlighting Starmer’s approach on the doctors’ strike. Asked what he will do, the Labour leader replied: “To get in the room and to negotiate with the doctors and come to a settlement.”<\/p>\n

This was a level of detail that left his opponent unconvinced.<\/p>\n

The Tories hope the lack of detail on questions like tax rises and doctors strike could leave voters wondering what will happen in a Labour government.<\/p>\n

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The YouGov post debate poll<\/a><\/strong> suggests that the public saw no clear winner, with Sunak judged best by 51% and Starmer on 49%. The parties did not dispute this verdict out of hand.<\/p>\n

Whether this is enough for Sunak, who is so far behind in this race, we will only discover in the coming days.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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