UK: Sunak-Starmer debate, Farage's shaky campaign start

09:45 am on 6 June 2024

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A woman throws a drink in the face of newly appointed leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage. Photo: BEN STANSALL

UK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Kathryn to look at the first TV debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer, the (milk)shaky start Nigel Farage has had to his campaign after he made a shock decision to stand for the right-wing Reform UK party and the confusion over whether veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott would be allowed to stand for the party in the seat she's held for 37 years.

Matt Dathan is Home Affairs Editor at The Times.