In the BBC's seven-way election debate held on Friday night, Nigel Farage of Reform UK emerged as the winner according to a snap viewer poll by More in Common, securing 25% of the vote. Angela Rayner of Labour followed with 19%, while other participants included Penny Mordaunt of the Conservative Party, who garnered 7% of the vote. The debate featured heated exchanges, particularly between Mordaunt and Rayner, focusing on issues such as the nuclear deterrent and tax policies. Mordaunt reiterated controversial claims that Labour would raise taxes by £2,000 per family, which Rayner and the UK Statistics Authority disputed. The debate also saw discussions on defence, with Mordaunt criticizing Rayner's past votes against renewing Trident, while Rayner countered by highlighting the Conservative Party's record on defence spending and the size of the army. Mishal Husain moderated the debate.
'There was one clear winner of last night's debate, and that was Nigel Farage.' @AlbieAmankona reacts to BBC polling that showed Nigel Farage won last night's election debate. https://t.co/T3J5nuRm7B
BBC Newsnight: “The winner of the debate, according to viewers, was Nigel Farage with 25%”.
Nigel Farage Declared Winner of UK Election Party Debate, Tory Rival Beaten Out by ‘None of the Above’ https://t.co/Bx23fmSaJa
📺 @CandelaOBaena writes: Leading figures from the seven biggest political parties across Britain – including Angela Rayner, Penny Mordaunt and Nigel Farage – went head to head in Friday’s first BBC televised debate Who do you think won last night's debate? Let us know ⬇️…
🚨🇬🇧EXPLOSIVE CLASH BETWEEN CONSERVATIVE AND LABOUR PARTY POLITICIANS AT ELECTION DEBATE Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt: “Angela Rayner and the Labour Party are going to put up your taxes by £2,000 per working household. We will continue to cut taxes.” Deputy… https://t.co/7g1e0VkK3S
Farage STUNS Labour and Conservatives alike with a runaway win in the 2nd BBC election debate. Pay attention to this race as media had seemingly crowned Labor as the winner of this race (before it even started). Nigel represents what many feel deep-down…@Nigel_Farage #UKLABOUR https://t.co/EP1vENGC6q
Reform UK’s Nigel Farage won the BBC’s seven-party BBC debate on Friday night, according to a snap viewer poll ✍️: Cormac Pearson https://t.co/kcaLos60qX
A snap poll of 1,031 voters by More in Common found most thought Mr Farage won the debate, followed by Angela Rayner 🔓 This story is free to read Follow the latest updates and analysis below 👇 https://t.co/OKGAPVvqNj https://t.co/3cW8lW7RWi
My take on last night’s TV debate: Penny Mordaunt goes into battle & does a good job of cutting her rivals down to size. Everyone has spent all week talking about boys: Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Nigel Farage. But it was a woman with a bouncy blow dry who grabbed centre stage https://t.co/t4lmrHV9P5
📰 Penny Mordaunt goes nuclear in fiery TV showdown 🗳️ Attacks Labour frontbenchers over Trident flip-flop 🥊Angela Rayner lands Liz Truss blow in seven-way debate Full story 👇 @MrHarryCole @hoffman_noa https://t.co/DPEqJF3vmn https://t.co/6AKYpLuilF
General Election LIVE: Nigel Farage branded ‘clear winner’ of second TV debate https://t.co/ddGSWlBavq
Nigel Farage won last night’s BBC debate easily, according to snap poll. Not that you would have guessed from the biased audience. @Ofcom There is clearly a big audience for Farage’s hard-hitting truths about our country. @reformparty_uk https://t.co/goOtXRBW4W
Penny Mordaunt sinks her stilettos into PM's back. Sunak should see her as a threat | Analysis by Sky's @JonCraig Read ⬇️ https://t.co/EMfmyWvqYc
ICYMI: 'She has her eye on a future prize of being Tory leader one day!' Camilla Tominey says Penny Mordaunt 'certainly could have given him [Rishi Sunak] a more robust defence' at the debates tonight. https://t.co/vGnVdn0D4m
A @Moreincommon_ snap poll of viewers revealed that Nigel Farage won the BBC debate. I hope somebody told this guy. https://t.co/rzpf2p8og7
🔴Angela Rayner mocked for accusing Penny Mordaunt of ‘abstract failure’ https://t.co/aoq9tRtjRF
Reform UK's Nigel Farage won the BBC's seven-party debate on Friday night, according to a snap viewer poll. https://t.co/gXoelYduiS
Seven-party BBC election debate fact-checked https://t.co/BQ7BIcaS2B
🚨 Who won the BBC debate? 🟣 Nigel Farage 25% 🔴 Angela Rayner 19% 🟢 Carla Denyer 11% 🟡 Stephen Flynn 10% 🔵 Penny Mordaunt 7% 🟠 Daisy Cooper 5% 🟢 Rhun ap Iowerth 2% Via @Moreincommon_ (1,031 viewers) https://t.co/XaTBCh0ug9
“The winner of the debate, according to viewers, was Nigel Farage with 25%, followed by Angela Rayner on 19%” Luke Tryl, Executive Director of More in Common UK, reveals the results of polling debate watchers. #Newsnight https://t.co/NDV2rMZoeD
🚨 BREAKING: Nigel Farage won the BBC debate Nigel Farage - 25% Angela Rayner - 19% None of the above - 14% Carla Denyer - 11% Stephen Flynn - 10% Penny Mordaunt - 7% Daisy Cooper - 5% Rhun ap Iowerth - 2% Don’t know - 8% 1,031 Viewers Via @Moreincommon_
🚨NEW @Moreincommon_ poll of debate watchers: Who won? Farage on top, Rayner 2nd, none of the above 3rd Farage - 25% Rayner - 19% None of the above - 14% Denyer - 11% Flynn - 10% Mordaunt - 7% Cooper - 5% ap Iowerth - 2% Don’t know - 8% N=1,031 Viewers https://t.co/I9BoSDrWy6
What did we learn during the BBC's election debate? https://t.co/xcaKMgmv6b
Who won the BBC general election TV debate? @MrTCHarris and @Sherelle_E_J give their verdicts https://t.co/cdxxMmR5lN
Seven takeaways from multi-party BBC election debate https://t.co/9gGyB79obB
Key moments from the BBC’s seven-way general election debate https://t.co/9P9EXHaWku
The gloves are well and truly off! Penny Mordaunt and Angela Rayner traded blow after blow in tonight's fiery live debate. Who do you think came out on top? Keep up to date with all the latest election news on The Sun’s new YouTube channel: https://t.co/LCUeG1oqKs https://t.co/66Ni5gxvQH
Nigel Farage told those watching tonight’s UK election debate that the question on polling day was ‘who forms the opposition’, as several candidates ended by telling voters the outcome of the election was a foregone conclusion in Labour’s favour https://t.co/KC6VC2bdJL
Leading figures from the UK’s main political parties have clashed over the key issues in the second live TV debate of the general election – and we want to know what you make of it all 👉 https://t.co/hkeI6NVLJW https://t.co/TVs3zewfpG
Five fiercest moments from Penny Mordaunt & Angela Rayner's blazing TV debate https://t.co/FzRzIrCQmY
Penny Mordant and Angela Raynor in FURIOUS clash over taxes - 'That is ABSOLUTE rubbish!' https://t.co/OFSoU79M68
🔴 Who do you think won the #BBCDebate?
Good turn by Penny Mordaunt in that debate ⚔️
'They are going to put up your taxes by £2,000' Penny Mordaunt doubles down on Rishi Sunak controversial Labour tax claims #BBCDebate https://t.co/DBzGVtuTRI
Well done @MishalHusain - not at all easy to keep a debate with seven people moving along. But she did it well. The whole debate was far better than the other night, even if @PennyMordaunt tried to do another Sunak and turn it into a shouting match.
Angela Rayner destroys Penny Mordaunt with brutal reply 'I won't be lectured' during BBC debate https://t.co/HXBgiSjYwa
Who won? #BBCElectionDebate
Who won BBC General Election debate as Angela Rayner takes on Penny Mordaunt over Tory 'lies' https://t.co/8hzCXqGF4L
Penny Mordaunt has hinted further Tory tax cuts could be on the way if the party is elected, while doubling down on disputed claims Labour will raise taxes by £2,000 per family 🚨 Follow our live blog for the latest updates: https://t.co/idyqX2H3rg https://t.co/2l5z4ocPOy
Disappointing to hear Penny #Mordant repeating the £2000 tax hike lie #BBCDebate
Penny Mordaunt: Keir Starmer confirmed that Labour will put up your taxes by £2,000. #Desperate Angela Rayner: That's a lie.... that's a lie.. Mishal Husain: You are using a figure that's been criticised by the UK statistics watchdog. Mordaunt doesn't care #BBCDebate https://t.co/PranPvmlaP
🔴 Half-time analysis: 'He survived everything that was thrown at him on I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! and Nigel Farage has emerged as the king of the political jungle so far tonight.' @gordonrayner says Mr Farage is currently winning tonight's #BBCDebate https://t.co/J7MMm3JcIb
🚨 NEW: Penny Mordaunt claims that cutting taxes is in the Tory Party's "DNA" #BBCDebate
"I worry about my constituents* being able to afford a Labour government", says Penny Mordaunt and then falsely claims Labour will put up taxes by £2,000 again Mishal Hussain again points out it's a lie *with any luck they won't be her constituents after the election #BBCdebate
Penny Mordaunt at the #BBCDebate https://t.co/M4ozXr1Sxl
Penny Mordaunt has hinted further Tory tax cuts could be on the way if the party is elected, while doubling down on disputed claims Labour will raise taxes by £2,000 per family 🚨 Follow live updates on the debate here ⬇️ https://t.co/h74lWGescd
🔴 Penny Mordaunt repeats controversial £2,000 tax rise claim Angela Rayner interjected “that is a lie”, saying the Government had raised taxes to a 70-year record Follow the debate live⬇️ https://t.co/6DQAn2Pk98 https://t.co/vYtU8A6shb
Angela Rayner voted to scrap our nuclear deterrent - like more than a dozen of Starmer’s top team. Putting them in power would make our enemies’ dreams come true. #BBCDebate https://t.co/UDoLsoyzlp
“We have been cutting taxes!” says Penny Mordaunt. “We will continue to cut taxes!” Erm… https://t.co/pXXdL3Cs1q https://t.co/YFGYd5f4lp
🚨 NEW: Penny Mordaunt says "expect" new tax cuts for working people in the upcoming Conservative Party manifesto #BBCDebate
Penny Mordaunt has just lost it Gone Done She's history "£2,000 Labour taxes" is a lie A proven lie And the shouty pointy finger Heck #BBCDebate
Penny Mourdaunt doubling down on claims Labour will put taxes up Here's BBC Verify on why the £2k claim is misleading and some of the figures are dubious https://t.co/CNIrQHiINC
Penny Mordaunt shamefully continuing to use the discredited "£2,000 extra tax per household under Labour" smear which has been criticised by the UK Statistics Authority Embarrassing. #BBCdebate
Remember the number. £2,094. That's how much Labour would raise your taxes. #BBCDebate
Debate descends into a Mordaunt-Rayner scrap after Mordaunt repeats Rishi Sunak’s attack line that Labour would put up taxes by £2,000
Penny Mordaunt hints at more tax cuts in next week's Tory manifesto (Break glass in case of emergency)
Penny Mordaunt suggests more tax cuts will be pledged in the story manifesto next week
🔴 Angela Rayner struggled to respond to accusations from Penny Mordaunt that Labour’s credibility is “shot” on the nuclear deterrent. #BBCDebate Follow live ⬇️ https://t.co/6DQAn2OMjA https://t.co/mOIAp0Yo19
Penny Mordaunt is absolutely right. Angela Rayner and Labour have NO credibility on defence because she (Rayner, potential Deputy PM) and many other shadow cabinet members gave that away when they voted AGAINST renewing Trident - our nuclear deterrence. #BBCDebate https://t.co/1kaGZol1db
🗣️ 'Penny, that’s rubbish.... You made people like me redundant when we were in the home care service!' There's certainly no love lost between Angela Rayner and Penny Mordaunt this evening Follow the latest: https://t.co/6DQAn2OMjA https://t.co/0EUZy9Ej44
Sharp & fiery debate on Defence between Penny Mordant and Angela Rayner. I don’t believe either party is best placed on Defence #BBCElectionDebate https://t.co/2I2Fgkdvos
Penny Mordaunt speaking to Angela Rayner is like a mother telling off her unruly daughter. 😂 #BBCDebate https://t.co/bUTTPIUu4J
A cracking debate between Nigel Farage, Penny Mordaunt, Angela Rayner, Handsome Squidward, a Stabilo highlighter, Tiny Tim, and the Welsh one
A cracking debate between Nigel Farage, Penny Mordaunt, Angela Rayner, Handsome Squidward, a Stabilo highlighter, and Tiny Tim, and the Welsh one
Interesting Mordaunt is really going in on Labour/Rayner on the nuclear deterrent. Says Labour can't be trusted on defence, very forcefully. Rayner responds on size of army shrinking under Tories & ends saying her brother served in Iraq and she won't be lectured on defence
Angela Rayner says she now backs Trident but she is on record saying of nuclear weapons: 'What we want to see is multilateral disarmament of them'. She voted against Trident renewal in 2016 #labourreceipts #bbcdebate https://t.co/mWh6TKMkX7
Angela Rayner voted against renewing Trident – our nation’s ultimate safeguard. #BBCDebate https://t.co/KBqkzCF58L
Penny Mordaunt takes a metaphorical sword to Angela Rayner on defence - but the Labour deputy is armed and dangerous with claims of 14 years of Tory failure #BBCelectiondebate
For analysis of tonight's seven-party election debate, follow along on @Spectator's live blog 👇 https://t.co/M6h9LwnDPS
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BBC Verify's five things to watch out for in tonight's election debate from @edgingtont, @nickeardleybbc and @callummay: https://t.co/jrL1sOJHGB
BBC Verify's five things to watch out for in the election debate tonight https://t.co/nNWNRRtyL4
BBC Verify's five things to watch out for in the election debate https://t.co/juSboH7SxP
It's the BBC's seven-way election debate tonight. Who's taking part? What will they be trying to achieve? What will be their message? We have all the answers* https://t.co/QeiYpCFuYv *Educated guesses
Seven key moments to look out for in tonight's BBC election debate @theipaper https://t.co/KJBJkBL9P4
Watch: What's at stake in tonight's seven-way debate? https://t.co/hLKbcno91r
Penny Mordaunt (@PennyMordaunt) is a strong advocate for veterans and she will not disappoint the Conservative Party in the debate tonight. Her classic analysis of Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer as ‘the decorator crab’ remains poignant and funny. https://t.co/ZXD0hEwyJs
Friday night's alright for fighting! Political brawlers Nigel Farage, Penny Mordaunt and Angela Rayner set to slug it out in spicy BBC election debate TONIGHT https://t.co/ROAgZ8xfE0 https://t.co/V2nc5DlxRj
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