Corbyn Puts May on the Spot By Agreeing to Attend Debate [View all]
Source: Bloomberg
May 31, 2017, 5:31 AM PDT
With June 8 elections looming, gap between two has narrowed
U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he will take part in a seven-way general election debate on Wednesday night as Prime Minister Theresa May stuck to her position that she would rather address voters than confront her rival on live television.
The BBC, which is hosting the debate at 7:30 p.m., confirmed that Corbyn had decided to attend, while a Conservative Party spokesman said that May had no plans to join him. The prime minister has seen her once-comfortable poll lead erode a week before the vote.
"It puts her in a bind," said Matt Beech, director of the Center for British Politics at the University of Hull. "It’s difficult but I think the most sensible thing is for May to stick by her guns -- as a PM you lose the gravitas when you’re brought to the level of all these other potentials most of whom don’t have a chance of winning. If she does turn up she looks like she’s not stable and not steady."
May’s mantra has been “strong and stable” but she has appeared increasingly uncomfortable when quizzed about her shrinking poll lead and policy U-turns --resorting to a series of personal attack against Corbyn from the Group of Seven summit in Sicily to back home when she resumed campaigning.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-05-31/u-k-s-corbyn-puts-may-on-the-spot-by-agreeing-to-attend-debate
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Debate is tonight, Corbyn is gaining, election is June 8
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