Behind in the polls, Rishi Sunak needed to come out fighting and take the gloves off in the first TV leaders' debate. And he did. He was aggressiv.
The YouGov snap poll scored it at 51% for the prime minister and 49% for Sir Keir Starmer. Rishi Sunak stuck to a simple message on tax rises under Labour, but also used the sort of argument Gordon Brown used against David Cameron in 2010.
Rishi Sunak was met with laughter as he claimed his National Service idea would be 'transformational', but Keir Starmer branded it 'desperate' and mocked the 'teenage Dad's Army'
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was ridiculed over his claims about the NHS as well as his plan to bring back National Service for 18-year-olds as he took part in ITV election debate