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good evening from nottingham where rishi sunak and sir keir starmer have clashed over tax, immigration and welfare in theirfinal head to head debate before polling day next thursday. it was a heated confrontation, during which they faced questions from a live audience behind me, who challenged them to explain and justify their stance on integrity in politics, the cost of living and brexit. our political editor chris mason is here. what stood out? for me it was all about the tone, it was all about the exchanges as opposed to the contents but the content matters but much of that will be familiar to regular viewers over the past five weeks or so. but it was the exchanges which are defined tonight. it was a much more free flowing debate compared to previous debates in this campaign. there was more anger, more passion, morejeopardy. rishi sunak had nothing to lose tonight and that defined his approach, i thought. nothing to lose tonight and that defined his approach, ithough ....
this programme continues on bbc one. good evening. welcome to our weeknight newsnight extravaganza of interviews and intoxicating insight. here in the studio, a critical friend of the conservative party, the commentator tim montgomery, the former leader of the scottish labour party, kezia dugdale, and the uber pollster, luke tryl, the uk director of more in common. first, that debate in nottingham, only the second time sunak and starmer have shared a stage in the last five weeks. we ll show some of the most interesting bits, but was this the moment of the debate? interesting bits, but was this mr sunak, i think you made a fair job of being chancellor. but you re a pretty mediocre prime minister. sir keir, i think that that your strings are being pulled by very senior members of the labour party. are you two really the best we ve got to be the next prime minister of our great country? applause. there was just that moment, wasn t there kind of a whoa . your reaction to t ....