Thursday, April 2, 2015

This Is Everything That Happened At Last Night's TV Leaders' Debate

All the fun of the seven-way discussion. Democracy, inaction


Thursday night saw the only proper TV debate of the election campaign.


Thursday night saw the only proper TV debate of the election campaign.


Following months of negotiations, the UK's political parties finally agreed to hold a single debate involving seven different party leaders representing the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Greens, UKIP, SNP, and Plaid Cymru.


BuzzFeed News was there every step of the way – here's everything you need to know about what happened during the broadcast, with links to our coverage.


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A teenager called Jonny Tudor asked the first question on how to cut the deficit.


A teenager called Jonny Tudor asked the first question on how to cut the deficit.


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The internet went crazy for Tudor, a 17-year-old in an immaculate suit, who asked the party leaders one of the night's four questions: how would they cut the deficit?


By the end of the event Tudor had become a minor celebrity. BuzzFeed News caught up with him afterwards, where the slightly baffled inadvertent star explained he thought David Cameron was the real winner of the debate.




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