May agrees to live TV Brexit debate with Corbyn

Theresa May has agreed to a live TV debate with Jeremy Corbyn on Brexit, Downing Street has confirmed.

No 10 said it had accepted a proposal which would see the debate screened on the BBC at 8pm on Sunday 9 December.

Despite this, a Labour spokesman said discussions were still ongoing and Sky News understands the party is still “unhappy” about some of the arrangements.

Earlier in the week, Mr Corbyn had said through a party spokesman that he would “relish” the opportunity to debate with the prime minister about her “botched Brexit deal and the future of our country”.

The BBC said they were “delighted” to hear that Mrs May had agreed to the debate and that they “hope to hear soon” from the Labour Party.

It is not clear what format the debate would take but Sky News understands that the two party leaders would be “head-to-head, but with a small panel involved”.

Mrs May was accused of “running scared” of TV debates during the 2017 general election.

However, she has embarked on a PR blitz over the next two weeks in a last-ditch attempt to win support from MPs for the Brexit deal that was backed by European leaders.

She is also expected to make a speech on 11 December, the day before MPs vote on the deal.

But she faces an uphill battle to get approval from MPs, with stiff opposition from all sides of the house, even from at least 80 of her own backbenchers.

She has warned them that if they reject the deal, there would be “more division and uncertainty”.

 

 

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