african national congress the oldest liberation movement on the african continent has lost its outright majority for the first time in 30 years, since the end of apartheid. many voters blame the anc for high levels of crime and corruption and failures in the supply of basic necessities, such as water and electricity. the bbc s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. had been a slow steady day, and then this. jacob zuma has created quite a stir here, he has made a rock star entrance. his party came third with an unexpectedly strong showing, taking a lot of the doubts away from the anc. and still trying to take more. he announced he had evidence of election rigging, and said he was demanding a full revote. the results are not official yet, but they are clear the anc has lost the majority it has held for 30 years. this is uncharted territory. we it has held for 30 years. this is uncharted territory. it has held for 30 years. this is uncharted territory. we as
just to be clear, rhun ap iorwerth has no prior knowledge of the questions tonight. let s turn to the first question. abigail ensor. faith in politics is at an all time low, what are you going to do . to restore our trust in politicians? ifi if i can come a bit closer to you, thank you for the question. to me, it cuts to the heart of why we are here. we are asking you to consider voting for us and i think it is a basic premise that you should be able to trust what we are saying. we can look at it in terms of policy. you might have seen reports today, the institute for fiscal studies raising questions about how honest the labour party and the conservatives are being whether tax and spending plans, that they are not really telling you how they are going to go about saving these £18 billion that both parties say, implicitly, they have to make. we want honesty, and hopefully this evening we will get to talk about some of plaid cymru and my views on that. also, it is in behaviour
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have all of the reaction and analysis from the spin room following the itv programme. rajini vaidyanathan is there for us. not long to go for us now, is there? know, just half an hour. we know rishi sunak and keir starmer have arrived here in salford for the studio itv debate. now, wejust wait until they take to the state. now, debate here in the uk are relatively new as a phenomenon. they have obviously been going on in the us for many decades. the first televised debate in the uk was in 2010. they are notjust a chance for the leaders to present their policy agendas, but also they are a chance for them to present their personalities. it is a bit of a presidential sale thing even though it is of course a parliamentary thing here in the uk. we will have a look at some of that in a moment. here are of course, campaigning has continued to date. we didn t see rishi sunak out on the trail. his party was putting their immigration policy is higher on the agenda. and, sir keir starme
rajini vaidyanathan is in salford for us. it s happening. yes, the sun is setting in salford just as that debate is getting underway. this is the first set piece moment of this general election campaign as we see rishi sunak and keir starmer go head to head in that televised debate. we re used to seeing them go head to head every wednesday and prime minister s questions in parliament. this is quite something else. it s playing out to a primetime audience, it s going to reach new audiences who perhaps haven t necessarily engaged in recent election campaigns. it s a chance for both leaders to put forward their policy agendas but also show us a bit of their personalities. as that debate gets under way i am joined by our political reporter vicki young. what are you looking out for in this next hour or so? are you looking out for in this next hour or so? they both know they ve not a ob hour or so? they both know they ve got a job to hour or so? they both know they ve got a job