Jeremy Paxman hits May with brutal Brexit ‘blowhard’ jibe

She rebuffed his repeated attempts to get her to say whether she now thinks leaving the European Union is a good idea, saying only that the British voters have decided and that she is determined to get the best deal possible.

“I am prepared. I am ready to go”.

Challenged over whether he would “soften” the UK’s foreign policy, Mr Corbyn said: “It’s not about softening our foreign policy”.

Jeremy Corbyn survived – and even at times thrived – when coming under scrutiny from Jeremy Paxman, with many arguing the broadcaster’s abrasive style felt tone deaf and dated.

Earlier, Corbyn was unable to provide the figure during an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.

Conservative party leader Theresa May at her general election manifesto launch in Halifax.

“Theresa May’s “strong and stable” has proven to be an albatross around her neck”, said Steven Fielding, a professor of political history at Nottingham University.

Pressed by the presenter on what the social cap would be, she replied: “It’s not about not knowing Jeremy….it’s about thinking what the right approach is”.

The prime minister said: “This hidden scandal, that takes place every day in homes across Britain, must be tackled head on”. May’s Conservatives over Labour was down to 5 percentage points.

When asked how people will vote, the Shropshire Star survey gives Labour a 20 per cent lead, polling 53 per cent to the Conservatives’ 33 per cent. “It is a completely hypothetical question”.

She told the police officer: “What we had to do when we came into government in 2010 was to ensure that we were living within our means and that was very important because of the economic situation we had inherited”.

Theresa May has been accused of being a bad negotiator. The CCHQ has released excerpts of the Brexit speech.

Corbyn had a much better 45 minutes than she did, but she was the one the audience would send in to Brussels to negotiate with our European partners. The proposal alarmed numerous older people who form the bedrock of Conservative support.

“It was a quiet revolution driven by all those who felt let down and left behind for too long”.

The Scottish First Minister and SNP leader said that she did not think Labour’s leader Jeremy Corbyn was “credible as an alternative prime minister”.

But Mr Corbyn set out a different approach.

Until a week ago, two things were widely agreed about Britain’s upcoming general election: it was producing the dullest campaign in recent memory and the result was a foregone conclusion. Her tactic with the audience was to try to bore them into submission.

Mrs May, who supported the Remain campaign in last year’s Brexit referendum, was asked how she could push for Brexit when she did not believe in it.

The latest Survation poll shows the Tories have only a six-point lead over Labour, 43% to 37% with the Liberal Democrats on 8% and UKIP on 4%.

But when you have based your entire campaign on comparing your own leadership qualities with that of your opponent, that needs to be clearly demonstrated to the public when the two of you are put up together on national television.