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Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn set to go head-to-head in live TV debate over her Brexit plan
THERESA May and Jeremy Corbyn are set to go head-to-head in a live TV debate as she launches a nationwide charm offensive to push through her Brexit plan.
Last night the Labour leader said he would "relish" a head-to-head clash with the PM.
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The primetime Sunday night debate would be part of a campaign to get the country behind her deal, according to .
After securing sign off with the EU for her deal yesterday in Brussels, Mrs May now will travel around the UK in a 17-day media blitz to spread her message before MPs have their crunch vote in the Commons on December 12, as The Sun revealed last night.
A marathon five-day debate for MPs to discuss it is due to start the week before, on Wednesday December 5.
A speech the day before the parliamentary vote on her draft Withdrawal Agreement on December 12 is also on the slate.
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Ahead of a tumultuous fortnight in British politics:
- Other EU leaders tried to help Mrs May by warning there will be no second offer.
- But France and Spain turned the screw on Theresa May as they vowed to exploit the Brexit deal to extract big concessions on fishing and Gibraltar.
- The PM will begin a tour of all four corners of the UK tomorrow to sell her deal, travelling to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
- But The Sun can also reveal that Cabinet ministers are planning for Britain to join an EU halfway house, EFTA, with the help of Labour rebels after giving up hope that the deal will pass.
- Writing in The Sun, former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab today calls on the nationto “steel ourselves” to reject Theresa May’s Brexit deal and make the EU one final offer instead.
The PM is also mulling a Question Time style audience session as happened in the last general election.
In 2017 the PM ducked a head-to-head debate with the Labour leader.
Last night a Labour spokesman said Mr Corbyn would "relish a head-to-head debate with Theresa May about her botched Brexit deal and the future of our country".
He blasted the deal yesterday as a "miserable failure" and said Labour would vote against it when it comes to the Commons.
But a No10 official said "nothing has been decided" on such a debate yet.
This morning new Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay hinted it WOULD be on the cards.
He told Sky News: "I haven't seen plans for that, but I know its an issue you and Sky have campaigned on and I am sure your voice on that will be heard in the coming days.
"It's a decision to be taken in due course. We have a lot of debate between the PM and Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons."
Labour's Sir Keir Starmer added: "I’d be very happy to see Jeremy Corbyn debate with Theresa May. It sounds like a general election campaign - I wonder if that’s where it’s heading."
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The Prime Minister has already written an open letter to the nation setting out her argument about why she thinks we should back her Brexit plan.
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