Exclusive interview with Julie Etchingham, host of Johnson v Corbyn debate on ITV

Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

ITV News

News, Government, Politics

4.3 • 179 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Ahead of the first head-to-head election debate between Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson on Tuesday on ITV, host and moderator Julie Etchingham speaks exclusively to Daniel and Shehab. Julie reveals how she prepares, how nervous the politicians get, what they do during the ad break and ultimately, whether TV debates make a difference in deciding how we vote. You can watch the fascinating interview in full at youtube.com/itvnews. Daniel and Shehab also catch up with Robert, fresh from interviewing Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson. He shares what Tory candidates are being told about the opinion polls by the man running the Conservative Party campaign. Daniel reveals which MP he accidentally invited to Alton Towers and Shehab has a sixty-second rundown of what’s been happening in the campaign today. We’ll bring you a new episode every weekday around 5pm throughout the election campaign. Don’t forget to subscribe - and if you like what you hear, give us a review.

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0:00.0	Welcome to week three of the 2019 general election campaign and an even warmer welcome to episode nine of our podcast, which attempts to tell you all about it.
0:15.0	And what a treat we have for you today. Not only do you get me, him, Hello, Shehab Khan, and Robert Peston.
0:22.0	But on today's show, we'll be speaking exclusively to Julie Etchingham as she prepares to present
0:27.0	and moderate Tuesday's head-to-head debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn on ITV.
0:33.1	But first, before we get on to that, here's Sheehab with a 60 second roundup of everything you need to know on Monday, the 18th of November.
0:41.3	Okay, get the clock ticking.
0:42.9	As we go into week three of the general election campaign, the latest Salvation poll puts the Tories on 42%, Labour on 28 and the Lib Dems on 13.
0:51.9	But this week began with all three of the main party leaders, Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn and Joe Swinson,
0:58.0	making their pictures to businesses at the CBI Conference in London.
1:02.0	Boris Johnson pledged to scrap his cut to corporation tax to fund the NHS.
1:06.0	Jeremy Corbyn said claims that his anti-business were nonsense and made no apologies to his plans to nationalise certain industries, which he says have let down customers.
1:15.6	And Joe Swinson said as the only party pledging to stop Brexit, the Lib Dems were now the natural party of business.
1:21.5	As the CBI conference was going on, Jennifer Arcuri was on our TV screens.
1:26.8	The American businesswoman who has been
1:28.3	embroiled in controversy over her relationship with Boris Johnson has accused the Prime Minister
1:33.3	of casting her aside like a gremlin. Her links to Mr Johnson came under scrutiny earlier this year
1:40.1	over allegations that she received favourable treatment for her business ventures during his eight-year stint as Mayor of London.
1:47.0	Speaking to ITV exposure, Arcuri said she'd been loyal to Mr Johnson and kept his secrets.
1:52.0	The Conservatives deny all the allegations and say any claims of impropriety are unfounded.
1:57.0	Brilliant, was that about 60 seconds?
1:59.0	Yeah? Yeah. Yeah.
2:05.9	Great. How'd I enjoyed that? It was good. A little rattle through the day's news.
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