Snap Poll Giving Sunak the Win in First U.K. Leaders’ Debate Likely To Prove a Hollow Victory

Missing from the debate: the dynamic promise of Brexit, to which Boris Johnson can credit his 80-seat majority at the December 2019 election.

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The Labour Party leader Keir Starmer ahead of a televised debate with Prime Minister Sunak, Manchester, England, June 4, 2024. AP/Jon Super

Snap polling following the ITV News UK Leaders’ Debate may cheer Premier Rishi Sunak. He may think it puts the opposition Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer on the backfoot. Any sense of satisfaction should be deservedly brief, though. As ever, the devil is in the details.

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