LIVE: General election debate with Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn
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An audience member asks Corbyn about his alleged historic support for the IRA:
He replies he made those connections as part of an attempt to create the Good Friday peace agreement.
“You have openly supported the IRA in the past,” the audience member says.
First question: Terrorism:
Corbyn says we must not leave large areas of the world “ungoverned,” calls Islam a “wonderful faith.” Says we need to bring back stability in the Arab world. If there are “ungoverned spaces” “everybody’s under threat,” he says.
The context:
As Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn go into their leaders’ debate tonight — live on Sky News and Channel 4, hosted by Jeremy Paxman — the polls show Labour narrowing the gap between them and the Tories.
The polls still show a gap of between 6 and 12 percentage points in favour of the Conservatives, but momentum appears to be on Corbyn’s side. The gap has been nearer 20 points in recent months.
Here is Business Insider’s poll tracker chart. You can see that although the Conservative lead remains comfortable it’s in decline, and Labour’s support is increasing:
The debate will feature questions for both leaders from Jeremy Paxman. It will be interesting to see how combative he is. There will also be a “town hall” section with questions from a studio audience.
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