Nigel Farage Won Seven-Party BBC Debate, According to Viewer Poll

The politicians clashed over D-Day and support for war veterans, immigration and the state of the NHS.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (L) and leader of Plaid Cymru Rhun ap Iorwerth take part in the BBC Election Debate, at BBC Broadcasting House in London, on June 7, 2024. Stefan Rousseau/PA

Reform UK’s Nigel Farage won the BBC’s seven-party BBC debate on Friday night, according to a snap viewer poll.

The line-up featured Penny Mordaunt, the Conservative Leader of the House of Commons, Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner, Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer, and Mr. Farage.