TV debate brought home a terrifying truth: one of these men will be PM | Jonathan Freedland

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Not one of the candidates came away from Tuesday’s debate looking ready to lead, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Perhaps the most scathing line of the night was the title. It was called Our Next Prime Minister and as the hour wore on, those four words sounded increasingly like a rebuke to the nation. Look at us, they seemed to say: a fabled country with a long, proud history and one of these five jokers is actually going to be our next prime minister.

 

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Truth is, it was a terribly produced and presented show.

'Jokers'? Freedland Puerile soundbitery. Why is so perpetually bitter and intrasigently thick.

The odds also heavily indicate that it might be a white, privately educated Oxford male much like Mr Freedland and the rest of the Great British Establishment.

Think everyone knew that already.🙄

bloemkolk U.K. - A suitable place for treatment...

Apprentice style test should be applied on candidates. Each one should actually show us their exact operation Brexit &how they’re going to excute it & the winner should then become PM!

Have any of them invited terrorists to parliament the week after they tried to blow up the government? No? Then already miles better than Jeremy the Jew hater.

Buffoonery, Pomposity, Vacuousity, Inclemency, Sincerity.

Could be worse

That was the most terrifying TV programme I have ever watched. It was an example of industrial scale incompetence

LordCFalconer Spot on. Increasingly terrifying during the hour.

This really should be put to the people asap. It is not for the 1922 Committee to dictate to the nation.

Leave while you still can!

You think jeremycorbyn will do a better job?

Some of that blame falls on your lap, Jonathan. You chose to vilify a man with a life time history of supporting and defending Jewish communities.

Dark times ahead. Remind me all of the worse of Maggie Thatcher, the milk snatcher but going 2b 10x worse. Give the UK 20 years&it will be like the current state of most 3rd world countries. The rich get the best of everything &people who need to rely on the state get little/zero

I demand a recount, but I’d settle for a general election...

Isn’t it depressing!? Demoralising even

These are indeed deeply scary and troubling times

God, they're all awful 😭

More terrifying than Corbyn?

I'd kinda realised that already...

Maybe if the Guardian and remainers supported democracy we wouldn’t be facing this?

Scary times 😱

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