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The correct and responsible approach to the leaders’ TV debate is to scrutinise the substance and focus on policy. What you actually do is think to yourself, can we bear five years of Sir Keir Starmer’s adenoidal diction? That’s closely followed by the thought that for a former head boy…

The final televised head-to-head of the general election campaign was seen by many as lacking substantive discussion, reducing it to a spectacle of squabbling and point-scoring

The head-to-head on ITV saw Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer in heated exchanges over the NHS, immigration and tax

The PM and Labour leader tussled on tax, Gaza and immigration. But did either man land a damaging blow?

As it turned out, after stealing the limelight on the day, the man most notable by his absence at the first leaders’ TV debate of the 2024 election campaign was never even mentioned by name. Only in his closing statement did the prime minister find it necessary to aim an…

The Labour and Tory leaders swapped blows for an hour in the battle to win the keys to No 10

As both men interrupt each other and evade simple questions, poor Julie Etchingham is forced into the role of despairing teacher and makes them raise their hands like schoolchildren

Rish!, under pressure, got snippy, continually talking over Starmer. It was a terrible look

The veteran TV presenter is no stranger to hosting political leaders

Julie Etchingham is in charge of Sunak v Starmer: The ITV Debate

SENIOR figures from across the political spectrum will go head-to-head in a General Election debate hosted by ITV in the coming weeks.