Nigel Farage Won Seven-Party BBC Debate, According to Viewer Poll

Published on June 8, 2024

Reform UK’s Nigel Farage won the BBC’s seven-party BBC debate on Friday night, according to a snap viewer poll. The line-up featured Penny Mordaunt, the Conservative Leader of the House of Commons, Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner, Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer, and Mr. Farage. The politicians clashed over D-Day and support for war veterans, immigration, and the state of the NHS. The poll, conducted by researchers More In Common, asked more than 1,000 viewers who won the debate with 25 percent of those surveyed opting for Mr. Farage. Among those who voted Conservative in 2019, 47 percent placed the Reform leader at the top of the pile....

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