w debate between the two leaders on a particular issue and intervening if it is necessary we expect those debates to take several minutes before the next question in the next issueis before the next question in the next issue is introduced but men will be given the chance to give a short statement and i understand it is being decided by a coin toss that is all coming up and notjust journalism of voters all over the country very much focused on this because election is next thursday, july the 11th and the bbc political editor vicki young has been helping me look ahead to this debate over the last couple of hours. hello, vicki. you talk to the conservatives on the record and where the expectations of what they can achieve this evening? undecided voters. in talking achieve this evening? undecided voters. in talking about - achieve this evening? undecided voters. in talking about other. voters. in talking about other hasn t been much movement throughout this election campaign b
began on the lithjune, early, very early, before, their fieldwork began before i declared i was in the race. oh, so you could do better than that? let me bring you up to date. fully up to date, 0k? we re filming this today last night at 5 o clock, two separate companies came out with polls, and they re all playing catch up now, they all recognise something is happening out there. on one poll last night, we were tied with the conservatives on i9%, on a second poll that came out last night, we were leading the conservatives 19 to 18, so that map suddenly looks very different. well, it looks even. it s still, whatever happens, is a tory wipe out. of course, of course. now what i really want our viewers to know is that is your objective, you are happy if the country turns red and we get a huge labour majority. what last night s polls show is we re going to win seats, a good number of seats, but it could become a very substantial number of seats. very important that people recog
nigel farage, the leader of reform uk, has told the bbc that europe and nato provoked russia s invasion of ukraine. he also said that, while he disliked him as a person , he admires vladimir putin as a political operator because he s managed to take control of running russia. the interview comes as the latest bbc poll of polls suggests reform uk has continued to gain support. the party now sits at i7% on our tracker, which takes into account a wide range of polling data. that is just four points behind the conservative party on 21%. labour still well in front with 41%. there have been more calls for rishi sunak to suspend two conservative candidates who are being investigated for alleged bets on when the general election would be held. this morning, the prime minister wouldn t be drawn on whether he was aware of other candidates or party officials who had placed a bet. labour has accused rishi sunak of a total lack of leadership . the latest donation figures have been rel
a police chief has been sacked for gross misconduct after lying about his military career. nick adderley, who was the chief constable of northamptonshire, wore a falklands war medal on his police uniform, even though he was only 15 at the time of the conflict, and exaggerated his achievements in the navy. our midlands correspondent navteonhal reports. the most senior police officer in his force dismissed for lying. until today, nick adderley was the chief constable of northamptonshire police, but a gross misconduct hearing found he lied about his career to get the job. he claimed he had been a military negotiator in haiti, even though he d never visited the country, had attended the prestigious britannia royal naval college, despite his application being rejected, and implied that he had served in the falklands war, despite being 15 at the time. all the allegations against him were upheld. how did someone like this slip through the net? ido find i do find it extraordinary tha