Who won the BBC general election TV debate? Our writers give their verdicts

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Defence was supposed to be the strongest pillar of the Tory election campaign, with the party of patriotism pledging to bring back National Service, and seeding doubt in voters' minds about whether anti-nuclear Labour is a gift to Putin.
40% : There was much speculation that Mordaunt would struggle to get the Tory message on taxation out because she would face a firing squad on all sides.

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