Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May faced a live studio audience and Jeremy Paxman last night. How’d they get on?
The newspaper headlines favour the PM, as you’d expect. The Telegraph majors on the Labour leader’s questions over his support for the IRA and his refusal to countenance drone strikes: “Corbyn ducks terror challenge” is their splash. The Guardian opts for his tussle with the other Jeremy over sections of the Labour manifesto that are to Corbyn’s right: “Corbyn tells Paxman: ‘I’m no dictator’ in TV debate” is their take. The Times opts for Theresa May’s one applause line of the night – “no deal is better than a bad deal”, etc. – with “May woos working class with tough line on Brexit”. The i goes with the studiously neutral “May and Corbyn endure bruising TV debate”.
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