Penny Mordaunt will face Nigel Farage in today's general election debate
Today's seven-way debate may be the first chance to come face-to-face with all the major parties, but in reality we'll all probably be watching The Nigel Farage Show. And on the day Rishi Sunak was forced to apologize for leaving D-Day celebrations early, the 90-minute BBC special may recall the shooting of Conservative Party spokeswoman Penny Mordaunt.
Veteran political communications experts believe Ms Mordaunt will be sent on a mission to win back the case for taxes, but Mr Farage and others will beat her to the punch for leadership and advocacy.
Lee Kane, former communications director A Downing Street publicist who helped prepare Boris Johnson for a televised debate said the seven-way debate was a “nightmare for the party in government” as it was being attacked from all sides.
He said the seven-way debate was a “nightmare for the party in government”. : “[Ms Mordaunt] will be hoping to bring the conversation back to the subject of Labour's tax plans, but for someone so involved with defense, she will be attacked on D-Day, so that will be really difficult. night for her.”
Ms Mordaunt, leader of the House of Commons and briefly Theresa May's defense secretary, is fighting to retain her seat in Portsmouth North, where she has a majority of 15,780.
She will also view today's debate as an opportunity to hone his credentials as a future Tory leader.
However, Mr Farage, the leader of Reform UK, is likely to dominate the proceedings as this is his first experience of televised debates during this election.< /p>
Unlike other members, he avoided the offer of automatic broadcast of his opening and closing statements and was accustomed to making his arguments on television after hosting his own nightly show, GB News, for three years.
Mr Cain, founder of consultancy Charlesbye Strategy, says his tactics will be to “cut off the Tories” as most of the voters he is trying to attract are traditional Conservative voters.
This suggests Angela Rayner, deputy leader The Labor Party is in for an easy night.
The prospect of a shouting match between Mr Farage and Ms Mordaunt, with the Liberal Democrats, SNP, Plaid Cymru and Greens expected to attack the Conservatives' reputation in government, will give her a chance to rise above the fray. /p>
Her job is likely to be to remain calm, measured and statesmanlike, and let the others knock each other's ass while she presents the Tories as the sensible voice in the room.
Another former Tory adviser said Farage was likely to accuse Sunak of “leading a huge influx of people who don't share our values” and suggest that the Prime Minister “doesn’t even know D-Day is important.” /p>
They suggested Ms Mordaunt, desperate to distance herself from Mr Sunak's D-Day blunder, might directly criticize him for leaving France early and say she would have stayed if she had been leader.
< p> >The same source suggested Ms Mordaunt's best tactic with Mr Farage would be to challenge him on the details of his policies.
The source said: “Farage doesn't like it when people try get to the heart of politics.” details of what he says and he might get a little angry when they do it.
“It also doesn't help him that Mishal Hussain is presenting it because she seemed to get under his skin when she interviewed him about his immigration rules on Radio 4 earlier this week.”
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The debate, which starts at 7.30pm on BBC One, could be an opportunity for one of the other contestants to break through.
Stephen Flynn, leader of the Westminster party of the Scottish National Party, who is likely to attack the Labor Party. , is highly regarded by his rivals and is a brilliant media entertainer little known to the general public.
Daisy Cooper, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, will also be a new face to many viewers, which could boost her chances of retaining her seat in St Albans and possibly increasing its majority.
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