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27.04.2021 - 23:48 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Boris Johnson said he would prefer to “let bodies pile high” than agree to a third lockdown.
Hardly the ideal backdrop for a live TV debate.His four rivals - Nicola Sturgeon, Anas Sarwar, Willie Rennie and Patrick Harvie - looked like middleweights waiting to pounce on a flyweight.Host Krishnan Guru-Murthy landed a blow in the first few seconds by quizzing Ross on Johnson’s alleged comments.Sturgeon followed up with an attack on the “stench of sleaze” surrounding the Tory Government and she
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Boris Johnson has confirmed that step three of the roadmap out of lockdown will go ahead on May 17.
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Douglas Ross (Scottish Conservatives), Willie Rennie (Lib Dems) and Patrick Harvie (Scottish Greens) all went up against one another in a tame BBC TV debate.
live TV debate between Scotland’s five main party leaders. Policy on covid recovery, foreign travel and the creation of a National Care Service was hammered out in a lively discussion.
BBC debate was the first to show the five party leaders having a genuine discussion on politics. Previous showings had been tedious, with politicians wheeling out their pre-prepared soundbites and key messages.Nicola Sturgeon (SNP), Douglas Ross (Tory), Anas Sarwar (Lab), Willie Rennie (LD) and Patrick Harvie (Greens) generated heat rather than light in those early debates.
Anas Sarwar (Scottish Labour), Douglas Ross (Scottish Conservatives), Willie Rennie (Lib Dems) and Patrick Harvie (Greens) tackled some of the main issues during the 45-minute programme. It was the third television debate of the Scottish Parliament election campaign and the first UK-wide one.
Nicola Sturgeon and Anas Sarwar both slam Boris Johnson and his Westminster Government as allegations mounted against the Prime Minister.