With just over three weeks to go until polling day, nearly 7 million viewers tuned in as Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn took to what looked like the set of a hectic daytime quiz show for their first televised election debate.
For most people who tuned in, there was anything but a clear winner. So, does the sniggering we heard from the audience last night show voters find the whole idea of either leader laughable? And did the lacklustre performance work in favour of any of the smaller parties?
Heather is joined by Ayesha Hazarika, a former Labour advisor and Evening Standard columnist, Paul Harrison, a former press secretary to Theresa May, and Will Jennings, a professor of politics at the University of Southampton.
Plus, Rowena Mason calls in to talk about the mood on the Conservatives’ campaign bus and Peter Walker sits down with the Green party’s co-leader, Siân Berry, after she launched the party’s official manifesto.
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