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Britain’s contenders in the upcoming election faced off in a televised debate on Friday, with both Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson hammering home their messages.
Corbyn, the head of the main opposition Labour party, piled pressure on Johnson, the current prime minister, over what he called a lack of transparency in his Brexit plans. He warned again of lengthy negotiations with the EU and US over trade that he says will lie ahead if Johnson’s plan to leave the bloc goes ahead.
Johnson, the Conservative candidate, accused his opponent of having taken no clear stance on Brexit.
He referred to anti-Semitism allegations made against the Labour party, while Corbyn criticised Johnson’s previous newspaper columns, saying he used “racist remarks.” The two also sparred over the future of the country’s National Health Service and the response to terrorism following the recent attack on London Bridge.
A snap poll by YouGov put Johnson narrowly ahead after the debate, with 52 per cent support to Corbyn’s 48 per cent, though the survey showed the public deemed Corbyn more trustworthy.
With less than a week left to go before the December 12 election, Johnson is widely expected to win.
Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon called the debate “utterly woeful,” in a tweet.
“Two uninspiring men, both of them unsuited to be PM,” she wrote, while urging voters to back her Scottish National Party.
Earlier on Friday, former British prime ministers John Major and Tony Blair urged voters to oppose Johnson’s Brexit plan with their ballots.
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