EXCLUSIVE: GB News represents “what Nigel Farage wants the future of the right to be,” according to Channel 4‘s lead general election anchor.
08.06.2024 - 15:51 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
After the Sunak v Starmer debate earlier this week, all eyes were on last nights seven-way debate seeing representatives from each political party take to the lectern to vouch for their party in the upcoming election.
Nigel Farage ,for Reform UK, and Deputy Labour Minister, Angela Rayner, were joined by ministers from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, SNP, Greens and Plaid Cymru to give their parties view on issues currently affecting the country while at some points clashing in heated confrontations.
Topics ranged from Sunak's early departure from a D-Day event, the NHS, climate change and immigration with each minister adamant to get their point across, but Rayner and Conservative minister Penny Mordaunt were at the forefront during the debate, according to users on social media.
Facebook and X users were quick to react to the debate, giving their opinions on each minister and their stance on certain issues.
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One X user, was quick to call out Nigel Farage on his stance over the current state of the National Health Service.
@Nurseborisbash said: "This is what Nigel Farage stands for. He wants to scrap the NHS in favour of an American based insurance system."
However others were quick to praise the former UKIP leader, with a viewer poll showing that audiences believe that Farage won the debate, with 25% of voters saying he won the debate.
User @ASKdes tweeted: "Nigel Farage the only one talking sense out of this 6. Represents millions of us bored rigid with the Conservative Party & Labour party. The rest of them you can't believe anything they say."
For Labour, supporters of the left were pleased with
EXCLUSIVE: GB News represents “what Nigel Farage wants the future of the right to be,” according to Channel 4‘s lead general election anchor.
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