‘That is a lie’: Rayner and Mordaunt clash over £2k Tory tax claim

During the BBC’s live TV election debate, Penny Mordaunt said the election was about the cost of living crisis and claimed ‘Labour will put up your taxes by £2,000’, repeating a line made days earlier by Rishi Sunak during ITV’s debate.

Labour’s Angela Rayner responded quickly, repeating ‘that is a lie’, and claimed the Conservatives had raised taxes to record levels, which Mordaunt accepted. The Tories said the £2,000 figure was drawn from independent Treasury data, but the Treasury’s top mandarin, James Bowler, told the government that the figure ‘should not be presented as having been produced by the civil service’. Labour say the claim is inaccurate. The BBC debate included key figures from seven parties and is the second live debate in the run up to the general election on 4 July

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[jamesdenny]

The fact they keep doubling down on this £2000 claim sums up how bonkers they are.

[bdcalling]

If you repeat a lie again and again it becomes the truth goebbels

[jmc]

This isn't discourse! You need to mute the speakers, and the moderator was weak and powerless. Absolutely pathetic.

[thisismetoday]

1:20 Whys she calling out Angela Rayner? Who couldn’t get a word in! And never had a chance to properly respond. The Tory lady (sorry don’t know her) spoke non-stop.

Why are the moderators always siding with the Tories in these debates?

[beijingpete]

The Tories only strategy is to repeat a lie, and hope that people start to believe it.

[atlasgabriel]

Penny Morduant is an utter disgrace and the moderator was abysmal at doing the one job they're there to do!

[trytwicelikemice]

Can't they just cut the mic so the moderator can clarify her lie?

[foroparapente]

Tory policy: Shout lies over everybody

[KingofKlubs]

Shut off Mordaunt's mic! The moderator was trying to point out that the figures were bogus, but Mordaunt just kept shouting over everyone!

The point of debate is to discuss differences in an intellectual setting, to use reason to explore possibilities. As soon as Mordant started lying, her mic should be cut off immediately!

[ilokivi]

Telling lies repeatedly, is rarely dignified.

[ghawe]

Penny Mordaunt was an embarrassment. She should not have been aloud to behave in this way. Angela Rayner was almost forced into defensive mode, all very unbecoming.

[hgmet]

There is no use to this format. Just gives the loudest shouter a platform to shamelessly lie. Goes on to show Mordaunt isn't any better than Rishi, if she's willing to shout the same lies.

[richardkemp]

I hadn't quite realised how thick Penny Mordaunt is. I always thought her hair would get her elected as party leader, but it's not enough - even for Tories - hair. She's thick as the proverbial.

[paulfox]

These debates are pointless without a strong moderator who also has the ability to mute speakers who rant hysterically with lies.

[ItsANiceDaySometimes]

And the Tories wonder why they're out of touch heading towards the electoral cliff. Jokers.

[BlindnessandInsight]

Shocking behaviour, she even shouts over the journalist

[paulbrickland]

What about the thirteen thousand pound extra tax under the torys

[mohm]

Penny Mordaunt get ready to lose your seat.

[flygetcapeflygetcape]

A genuine question for Penny. Why are gas and electric bills out of control for the normal people ? Yet British gas announce record profits. Why is diesel and petrol costs high to go to work? Why is our rent/mortgages and loans so high when the banks are making record profit ? Why are children going to school hungry in 2024 ? Why are working people using food banks? I thought more of you Penny to see this coruption

[RandomVideosFirst]

Boris, Truss and Rishi have destroyed the tories