UK's Sunak and Starmer struggle to be heard as noisy protests disrupt their latest election debate

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labor Party leader Keir Starmer struggled to get their messages across to voters on Wednesday, as protesters threatened to stifle their last televised debate of the British election campaign. .

As the two politicians vying to become Britain's leader after the July 4 election faced off live on the BBC, indiscernible but loud screams could be heard outside Nottingham Trent University, in central England.

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Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside the building before the debate.

Host Mishal Husain acknowledged the distraction, which continued as the two politicians traded barbs over ethics, taxes and migration. Protest is part of British democracy, she stressed.

The ruckus ended a series of debates which saw Starmer, Sunak and other party leaders appeal directly to

< Next week, British voters will elect lawmakers to fill the 650 seats in the House of Commons, and the party leader who can secure a majority – alone or as part of a coalition – will become Prime Minister. minister. Labor currently has a double-digit lead in opinion polls over the Conservatives, who have been in power for 14 years under five different prime ministers.

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