After a brief pause and a laugh from the audience, Sir Keir stressed a history of public service, particularly as director of public prosecutions, and said he was not “tribally political”.
My beloved apolitical Prime Minister. The poll should’ve had a “neither” option.
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During the Battle For Number 10 programme, broadcast live from Grimsby Town Hall, the leaders each faced a 20-minute interview from Sky News political editor Beth Rigby followed by 25 minutes of questions from audience members.
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Also when the voters were asked which words (up to three from a list) they would use to describe the event, 52% said “interesting”, 47% went for “frustrating”, 37% chose “engaging”, 27% said “helpful” and 26% picked “vague”.
As part of his reply, he commented that junior doctors’ strikes have had an impact on NHS waiting lists - and was loudly booed by a member of the audience as a result.
Earlier, Sir Keir briefly seemed stumped after an audience member suggested he had become a “political robot” and asked how he would convince people to vote for him.
The Labour leader also said his party’s manifesto, set to be published on Thursday, will contain no surprises on tax, while Mr Sunak continued to insist he will “keep fighting hard until the last day of this election”.
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