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The United Kingdom general election debates of 2010 consisted of a series of three leaders' debates between the leaders of the three main parties contesting the 2010 general election: Gordon Brown, Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party; David Cameron, Leader of the Opposition and Conservative Party; and Nick Clegg, leader of the third largest political party in the UK, the Liberal ...
Following a campaign by Sky News and with agreement of the party leaders, [69] it was announced on 21 December 2009 that there would be three leaders' debates, each broadcast on prime time television, [70] and a subsequent announcement in March 2010 that a debate between the financial spokesmen of the three main parties, Alistair Darling ...
The second election debate is aired by Sky News, and is viewed by an audience of 3.355 million, giving the channel its largest ever peak time audience. The debate is also shown on Sky Three and the BBC News Channel, and collectively attracts a viewership of 4.1 million. [57] 29 April BBC News hosts the final leaders debate before the election. [58]
On 6 April 2010, Brown visited Buckingham Palace to seek the Queen's permission to dissolve Parliament on 12 April, initiating a general election on 6 May. [1] Notable events in that campaign included the UK's first televised debates between the leaders of the main parties.
The debates are the first such debates to be broadcast live in the run-up to a UK general election. [ 31 ] 15–16 April – An opinion poll puts the Labour Party at 28%, behind both the Conservatives on 33% and the Liberal Democrats on 30%, the first time since 1986 that a governing party has slipped into third place in an opinion poll.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer struggled to get their messages across in the first half of their fiery final televised debate of the U.K. election campaign ...
10. Election (1999). High school elections can be just as vicious as real ones—and also, real elections can be just as childish as high school ones. This dark comedy pokes fun at the whole ...
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