independent treasury officials have costed labour s policies and they amount to a £2000 tax rights for working family. it looks like now the chief treasury civil servant actually wrote to labour at two days ago saying the conservative assessment of their tax plan should not be presented as having been produced by the civil service. the debate sought the labour leader sir keir starmer challenged over hospital waiting lists among other things. with a rant out of the highlights from that debate, this is our political correspondent ian watson. the first debate of the campaign was a head to head clash between the prime minister and the man who wanted to replace him. if you re still wondering about the key messages they want to hammer home at this election, wonder no longer. this election is all about a choice more of the chaos and division we ve seen for the last 14 years, or turning the page and rebuilding with labour. no one knows what labour would actually do. but you know
are representing, our politicians don t deserve to be treated like that. it is dangerous. doesn t matter what the substance is, it is the thought of what it might be. i agree, beat him through argument, not foolish agree, beat him through argument, not foolish tactics. not foolish tactics. what are we exectinu not foolish tactics. what are we expecting over not foolish tactics. what are we expecting over the not foolish tactics. what are we expecting over the coming - not foolish tactics. what are we i expecting over the coming weeks? labour have got to stiffen up and show labour have got to stiffen up and show some clear messaging about what they will show some clear messaging about what they will actually do. they have to stay on they will actually do. they have to stay on this stance that the fiscal policy stay on this stance that the fiscal policy won t change. they must come up policy won t change. they must come up with policy won t change. they must come up
couple of days ago that appears to show that james bowler did not sign show thatjames bowler did not sign of the show that james bowler did not sign of the overall show thatjames bowler did not sign of the overall figure being used. that is really embarrassing for the line at the conservative party were using because the tax attack is one thing, it is nothing using a certain name in that it defends and then it turns out that person is not signed up turns out that person is not signed up to it. turns out that person is not signed u- to it. ., , ., ., turns out that person is not signed u- to it. ., ., ., , up to it. two days ago, so why did sir keir starmer up to it. two days ago, so why did sir keir starmer not up to it. two days ago, so why did sir keir starmer not have - up to it. two days ago, so why did sir keir starmer not have that - sir keir starmer not have that letter in his mind when debating last nights? last nights? that s a really good auestion last nights? that s a r
rishi sunak. of the snap holding, yougov, 51 4090 rishi sunak, you can get a sense the tories rishi sunak, you can get a sense the tories are rishi sunak, you can get a sense the tories are very happy with the prime minister s tories are very happy with the prime minister s performance. partly because minister s performance. partly because if you think about general intention because if you think about general intention pulling of you can find in terms intention pulling of you can find in terms of intention pulling of you can find in terms of how far the tories are behind, terms of how far the tories are behind, the fact he managed to even .et behind, the fact he managed to even get slightly ahead of keir starmer probably get slightly ahead of keir starmer probably eyes rishi sunak a little bit of probably eyes rishi sunak a little bit of space after a really, really difficult bit of space after a really, really difficult start to the week, with the return of nigel
did they try him out or were they really trying to attack donald trump? he s asking for revolution. i have the equivalent of punching a couch cushion. you can t attack donald trump so they were going to attack vivek? that s an interesting question. i don t think i ve thought about that. i think he just got on their nerves and he was so freakin obnoxious and he couldn t take it anymore. who is this can you imagine somebody who admitted he hadn t even thought about foreign policy until six months ago, man explaining to nikki haley who was a u.n. ambassador about foreign policy? they just couldn t help themselves. that s what i think. stephanie, what did you see? i think that he embodied exactly what the harvard university calls him the section guy, josh wrote about this. he s the guy who speaks in class incessantly but doesn t say anything of merit and of substance, and everybody can t stand him, but they kind of have to still be on the good side because one day he s running