An hourat 8 30pm to come, remember, the debate on for an hour at 8 30pm on bbc one, so do stay with us for that. Now though, it is time for news watch. Hello and welcome to news watch with me samir ahmed. All other Major Party Leaders have faced the questioning of andrew neil but not Boris Johnson. Is this the fault of the bbc . And in a fractious campaign, have bbc interviews helped or hindered the election process . Interviews with Party Leaders during Election Campaigns are often feisty affairs and andrew neil is widely considered one of the bbcs toughest interrogators. As he showed this week with his questioning ofjo swinson and jofra archer. Borisjohnsons failure to commit himself firmly to andrew neils questioning initially led the bbc last week to say the Prime Minister would not be on the Andrew Marr Show until he committed to the andrew neil interview. But after fridays knife attack on London Bridge, the corporation withdrew that ultimatum, arguing it was now in the Public Int
With just six days to go, hell want to score points tonight that might help close the gap in the polls. He was followed by borisjohnson, who arrived a short time ago. The two leaders policies on brexit, the nhs and the economy are likely to come under scrutiny, as well as issues of trust and character. Were live in the spin room for all the build up and the fall out from the debate. From 9 30pm, well have reaction from the Political Parties and analysis from the bbcs reality check team. Hello, and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world for this special programme counting down to the bbc Prime Ministerial debate. We have had four weeks of campaigning in the uk general election. Now, there are just six days left till polling day and 30 minutes till this final tv debate. Boris johnson and Jeremy Corbyn will appear shortly, going head to head in front of a live studio audience. We will have all the build up here, from the so called spin room, where you can see the massed ranks o