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Originally Posted by Chris
Starmer was nervous, understandably given it’s currently his to lose. And I think he missed an opportunity to be ‘real’ when pressed about Corbyn. He could have owned the egg on his face as a result of party politics being a team sport. The only alternative was to sound evasive, and unfortunately that’s the path he picked.
Still … Rishi Sunak while (I think) attempting to sound confident and willing to stand by his record, just sounded cross and shouty. IIRC he was the only one who got laughed at at any stage and when the credits rolled he was definitely getting heckled, though it wasn’t possible to hear what was said.
Davey and Swinney had to be there but were never more than a warm up act for the only viable choices in the room. I was pleasantly surprised at how useful and relevant the questions to Swinney were, given that the audience was from in and around York.
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He said that he was very annoyed at those who bet on the date of the election. I bet he is as, even in the dying days of his government, some individuals couldn't resist a final bit of greedy self serving behaviour.
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
I see that Sunak said on Question Time that he was glad he called the election when he did. Makes me wonder if he had a bet on the date as well, for there seemed to be little other good reason for calling it when he did. 
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BoJo purged the Conservative Party of a lot of talent so you're closer to the truth than you might think. |
I can't understand why he called the election so soon. You'd think that he'd have hung on for as long as possible in the vague hope that things improved.
Maybe he's had enough? He doesn't need the money, will get a nice fat ex prime ministerial pension for doing nothing and will could earn a lot with after dinner speaking roles.