Rayvin

No chance he'll U turn this one, was formally announced and a big deal is being made of it now. Set in stone.

"I will be taking part in tonight’s debate because I believe we must give people the chance to hear and engage with the leaders of the main parties before they vote. I have never been afraid of a debate in my life. Labour’s campaign has been about taking our polices to people across the country and listening to the concerns of voters. The Tories have been conducting a stage-managed arms-length campaign and have treated the public with contempt. Refusing to join me in Cambridge tonight would be another sign of Theresa May’s weakness, not strength." --Corbyn

He announced it about an hour ago - The press is currently running with it all over the place so I'm not sure how you missed it Threw down a challenge to May as he did so. Bold move, which I'm now going to worry about for the rest of the day

I suspect Rudd will now be trying to phone in sick tbh, unenviable position she's in.

They haven't issued an immediate response mind. She won't go, I agree - it'd be just another example of her flip-flopping.

They're worse than the US ones. The US ones could at least claim that Hillary would have done fuck all for them as well (since her campaign had nothing to do with their issues). These people can't claim that about Corbyn. Actively voting against their interests.

Anyone know how good Amber Rudd is at debating?

There is no way May is going to agree to do it. It'll be damaging for her not to, but it'll be an absolute clusterfuck for her if she attends.

Corbyn doing the TV debate tonight. He has to be bold tbf to him, but I'm dreading the thought of Farron fucking this up for him somehow. You kinda trust the Greens to know which side their bread is buttered, and Nuttall is a fuckwit, but Farron could see this as a chance to mount some kind of bid to boost his ailing campaign now.

This is exactly what I think.

It's true though. You wouldn't believe it to be the case to talk to any of them individually I'm sure, but it certainly does appear to be true.

This is an excerpt from the Guardian - I was thinking it was all quite encouraging until the last sentence. The whole country is taken hostage by pensioners, every single time. "The demographic breakdown also shows that Labour has a lead over the Conservatives among the unskilled social class DE by 43% to 36%. Labour is also ahead among 25-to 34-year-olds – just – by 43% to 34%. This is the first time in the campaign that these two groups have shown stronger support for Labour than Conservatives. It should be noted, however, that in the key skilled working class C2 voters the Conservatives retain a lead, although the gap has narrowed to only two points to 40% to 38%. The unskilled working class and 25- to 34-year-olds join the 18- to 24-year-olds, students and black and minority ethnic voters as the key groups in which Corbyn can expect to find strong support. Unfortunately for Labour, these are the groups with the lowest turnout when it comes to actually voting in the election. It should also be kept in mind that taken together, these groups of voters total 400 out of ICM’s sample of 1,470. The over-65 subgroup, in which the Tories have a commanding lead of 64% to 20%, nearly matches them alone with 392 out of the sample."

Let's just assume it was serious.

You'd be more than welcome to do so. I'll hold my hands up.

Wonder what the fallout of Arsene Wenger's new deal will be amongst the Arsenal fan community

Think they're scapegoating Islam rather than warring with them. Good distraction from everything else.

You're doing my a favour here I guess, before I get ahead of myself and start believing that a Tory majority could be prevented...

£8m. RTG will be going fucking nuts at that.

They registered to vote though, that's something. Chin up man, who knows what'll happen. Momentum might be able to get people out to vote.

It apparently didn't make The World at One, which is what was contended.

Not so sure, the Tories have repositioned and are going for immigration now - politics of fear. I see the Telegraph have run a story about a 'secret' Labour plan to bring in unskilled EU workers. This is the sort of shit that sticks, although I'd be fascinated to know if there's any truth to it.

@Park Life Oh good grief... that's horrific. I mean, we all know that the MSM isn't the problem though. That's been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt by many on here

These BBC presenters, radio show hosts, etc - they will (I imagine) all be earning more than £80k a year. A Corbyn government will hurt them. This is the monumental scale of the challenge Labour faces in getting Corbyn elected. They have to do so despite all platforms for accessing the public on a national level being controlled by people who stand to lose out if he gets elected.

Was he on the same show as Corbyn? Brilliant if so. Also very fair points.