BBC Election Debate Live: Penny Mordaunt hits out at Sunak for ignoring D-Day in seven-party debate | Politics

Mordaunt She says she doesn’t want the D-Day debate to become a political tool.

Farage It says it’s already on.

Ap Iorworth What we saw yesterday was panic, the same instinct that gave rise to “back of the cigarette packet” national service schemes.

Cooper She said she had yesterday begun watching a video of her great-grandfather recounting his war experiences, and found the idea of ​​the prime minister running away from such a man “completely and utterly unacceptable”.

Carla Denier She says the biggest threat to the UK is climate change, and that the defence budget could be spent more effectively.

Stephen Flynn The SNP confirmed that it does not support nuclear deterrence.

And he said a Prime Minister who puts his own career ahead of veterans is “not a Prime Minister at all”.

He says we should all do our national duty and vote to oust the Conservatives.

Rhun ap Iorwels He said yesterday was not the sort of photo opportunity seen with Mr Farage (he was in Normandy).

Farage He said he was there to raise £100,000 for a London taxi charity that takes veterans to Normandy.

Mordaunt She switched to Labour and said Ms Rayner and David Lammy voted against renewing Trident, which she said meant the party could not be trusted with the nuclear deterrent.

Rainer She came back strong. She says it was the Conservatives who undermined the military. And she says her brother served in Iraq.

Penny Mordaunt says Sunak was “very wrong” to leave the Normandy senate early

Hussein The polling company Savanta selected an audience to represent the UK.

Questions will come from the audience, she said.

Hussein Staats said leaders and leading figures were invited to participate.

She introduces the seven participants.

Seven-party BBC debate begins

Rishi Sunak was subjected to abuse by a GP doctor at an election event this afternoon, Antonella Guerrera reports.

this morning Sir Craig OliverThe former communications director under Prime Minister David Cameron gave his initial assessment on the Today programme of how damaging being ignored in the Normandy elections would be for Rishi Sunak (see 8.36am). He has just posted a revised assessment on X, which is even more scathing.

A few more thoughts on @RishiSunak’s early return from D-Day and apologising.

– This is a gift tied with a ribbon for @Nigel_Farage and @UKLabour

– It may be hard to keep it a topic of discussion in the media, but the messages aimed at Redwall will continue to be sent relentlessly, even if most of us will never see them.

– The brutal message: “Above all, the party has lost sight of how to commemorate those who died for us.”

– There is no longer any pretense that the @Conservatives campaign is about anything more than damage minimization. It’s about keeping seats in triple digits (100+).

– The internal campaign made a self-destructive error in desperately trying to reduce Labour’s huge lead that had remained almost unchanged since Partygate and the mini-budget. You can’t do both and expect to win.

of Green Party The party announced that it had fielded candidates in 574 seats in England and Wales as of the 4pm deadline, a record for the party and meaning it had fielded candidates in all but one of the constituencies in England and Wales.

Savanta The group also released a poll asking voters what they thought of then-Senator Normandie’s decision to skip some of the commemorations, with 68% saying it was unacceptable and 21% saying it was acceptable.

These are very similar to YouGov’s results (65% unacceptable, 21% acceptable).See 5:29 p.m.

All the participants in the seven party debate have arrived at Broadcasting House in London. We have just posted pictures of Daisy Cooper and Carla Denyer (see 5.59pm). Here are pictures of Angela Rayner, Nigel Farage, Rune ap Iorwelt and Stephen Flynn.

Penny Mordaunt will challenge Mr Sunak’s ignoring of D-Day in the seven-party debate, which starts at 7.30pm