Reality Check: That's not right - Mr Johnson's deal was supported by . The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. But with up to 3 million viewers expected to tune in and a head-to-head format that allows Johnson and Corbyn many opportunities to challenge each other, there is a real chance of a dramatic moment or two cutting through, to be recycled endlessly online. The prime minister countered by saying he already had a withdrawal agreement in place, and would use it to leave the EU next month if he won a working majority in Parliament. Labour said a leaked document showed Mr Johnson's agreement would have a "devastating" impact on Northern Ireland. WHAT HE SAID: Johnson's Brexit deal "narrowly got through the House of Commons with the support of the DUP". "People on as little as "20,000 a year will be paying 1,000 a year more in tax.". More info. the same question at the tail end of the last couple of weeks, Billing herself as a future prime minister, Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, Gareth Southgate and even Vladimir Putin rated more highly. Not from what we're hearing We're told Nadine Dorries' attack on Hunt on Monday - in which she accused him of being duplicitous - was directly authorised by Number 10." Jeremy Corbyn has announced his plans to resign as leader of the Labour party following the party's crushing defeat in the general election. He was really found out when he was asked about Brexit and he couldnt answer. This all needs a bit more context. Many of my former colleagues who voted for him knew that he had substantial inadequacies that in normal times would have disqualified him from becoming Prime Minister. As Prince Andrew can testify, one primetime television appearance can change everything. Email webnews@mirror.co.uk. white dog with black eye . He also mocked Mr Corbyn over his pledge to stay neutral in the second EU referendum that Labour wants to trigger. Jeremy Corbyn has an estimated net worth of just over 3 million. ", Mr Johnson added: "Under no circumstances will we sell it off to anybody in any kind of trade deal. Editors Note: Dan Jones is a UK-based historian and journalist. Both men landed punches. Labour governments usually end their time in office with an economic crisis. So what is it about the Conservative Party that meant Johnson became its leader? What are Johnson and Corbyn promising you? He later suggested that Mr Johnson was pursuing a Canada-style deal which he said took seven years to negotiate. Mr Johnson hit back by saying he found a curiosity to be lectured by a man who has campaigned all his life for the break up of the UK and actually supported the IRA and their violent campaign.. All Rights Reserved. "It's crackers that Boris Johnson was there and that Jeremy Corbyn was the choice at the general election we should all be asking, you guys in the political parties should be asking, what is it about your parties that gave choices like Johnson versus Corbyn?" Labour has deployed more frontbench figures, notably John McDonnell, but Corbyn has been leading event after event. The ineptitude of his internal enemies was the main reason Mr Corbyn stayed in power. Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson squared off in the first election debate on ITV last night and both party leaders made claims about funding the NHS and delivering Brexit. The first key debate of the night focused on Brexit, and how the respective leaders would deal with it as Prime Minister. Similarly, 75% are dissatisfied with how the Johnson government is running the country compared to 18% that are satisfied. The Lockdown Files only confirm every suspicion we had about the pandemic government, Undermining Sue Grays integrity wont save Boris Johnson, SNP leadership candidates need to abandon the independence delusion, Dominic Cummings has confirmed Boris Johnsons utter unfitness for office, Universal Credit falls short of covering the bare essentials. However, Mr Johnson described that claim as "Bermuda Triangle stuff". Johnson vs Corbyn, Boris Johnson forced Jeremy Corbyn onto the backfoot over Brexit, Labour crisis: Party no longer credible threat to SNP in Scotland, Brexit latest: EU DISTANCES itself from Boris Johnsons Brexit deal, Former Brexit Party MEP says they could end up blocking Brexit, Brexit Party crash riddle: Brexiteer run off road by taxi driver, How Corbyn will hijack YOUR holidays by adding HUNDREDS to air fares. This is what they want. Their Conservative cousins yearned for a proper Brexit. Sign up to receive information regarding NS events, subscription offers & product updates. The PM's deal was supported by 285 Conservative MPs, 19 Labour MPs and 25 independents. In the course of seven hoursof testimony, Cummings described Johnson as being unfit for the job, like a shopping trolley smashing from one side of the aisle to the other , distracted by his private life and personal finances, his perspective completely mad, his behaviour appalling. Corbyn was not chosen to win but to make party members feel good, at least for those members who do not mind opposition. Be first in line for the facts get our free weekly email. On Tuesday night a televised debate between Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson, the Labour and Conservative candidates to be the next prime minister, took placeon ITV. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. (Like Make America Great Again, the slogan can also operate as a neat dog whistle for bigots, who make up a small but active part of every electorate and must, to that end, be catered for by any aspirant government.). To attack capitalism as Mr Corbyn and Mr McDonnell do is absolutely senseless, the Prime Minister said. Here's a concise guide to where the parties stand on key issues like Brexit, education and the NHS. "And the price of that deal, the price of Nicola Sturgeon's support, would be a second referendum on the union with Scotland. In the case of Labours selectocracy, the desire was for unashamed socialism. The parallels between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn Boris on Labour's . It would be a surprise if anything Cummings said to MPs will do the Prime Minister very much immediate political harm. It was by some way the worst choice offered to the British public in our modern history. How to get one is not, The union planning Britains biggest rail strikes for three decades, How Boris Johnson undid the Tory Partys mythology, Britains stockmarket has languished. Boris Johnson vs. Jeremy Corbyn: Brexit or antisemitism? Jeremy Corbyn also said that four million people were waiting for operations. The New Statesmans global affairs newsletter, every Monday and Friday. He claimed Labours hard-Left economic policies would ruin Britain. Discovery Company. Corbyn proved himself not for the first time but thankfully, it seems, for the last to be a dislikable, brittle and feeble political campaigner who is in the final analysis unelectable. THE FACTS: It's not guaranteed how long it would take but seven years is what it took EU/Canada, and most experts don't believe Boris Johnson's claim that he can get it done by 31 December 2020 - the end of the transition period. Ordinary people know who he is which counts for a lot. The Conservative leader said a government run by him would "encourage nurses overseas to come" to the UK "by shortening the time for their visa applications" and by reintroducing bursaries for training. Faith, a student nurse in the audience, asked how each leader would deal with a shortage of NHS nurses. The PM changes his mind ten times a day, and then calls up the media and contradicts his own policy, day after day said Cummings. Switch the names, change a few dates and squint a little, and the potted biographies of Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn look very similar. Despite the backdrop of an unpopular prime minister, police investigations into Downing Street and rocketing inflation, Labour cannot even sustain a double-digit lead in the polls. Its a failure of leadership not to have a position on the greatest issue facing our country at the moment, the Prime Minister said. Both men landed punches. WHAT HE SAID: Boris Johnson said that Labour's planned borrowing would 'push up interest rates for every UK household'. When it came to his turn, Mr Johnson referred to the London Bridge attack, and said it was "extraordinary and wrong" that the attacker was given automatic early release from prison after an earlier terrorism conviction. Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn clashed over Brexit in the final head-to-head debate before the 12 December election. Mr Corbyn then shifted to matters closer to home, as he said Boris Johnsons Brexit deal creates a border between Great Britain and Northern Irelandwhich Mr Johnson denied. Your browser does not support the