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Joe Biden and Donald Trump went head to head for the first time in this US election campaign last night and it could not have been more catastrophic for the incumbent president, with a series of rambling and incoherent answers and, at one point, a total freeze.Kamal and Camilla break down the highlights and - perhaps more accurately - lowllights of a remarkable debate, and talk to US Editor Tony Diver who was in the 'spin room' in Atlanta getting all the reaction from the Republican and Democrat camps.Plus, Telegraph Political Editor Ben Riley-Smith joins them in the studio to chat about his interview with Rishi Sunak, during which the Prime Minister accused Reform leader Nigel Farage of being a Putin appeaser. They also reflect on Sunak's powerful comments today after a Reform UK canvasser used a racist term to describe him, with the Prime Minster saying that Farage has 'questions to answer'.Read:Biden under pressure to quit after ‘painful’ debate performanceNigel Farage is a Putin appeaser, says SunakFarage has questions to answer over racist volunteer, says ‘hurt and angry’ SunakEmail: thedailyt@telegraph.co.ukThe Daily T Newsletter: telegraph.co.uk/dailytnewsletterSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/dailytsubProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyVideo Producer: Luke GoodsallStudio Operator: Aaron WheelerSocial Media Producer: Ji-Min LeeExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio

He's left it very late, but Rishi Sunak turned in probably his best performance of the general election in their final debate last night. But will it be enough to derail the predicted Labour landslide? And are voters even listening to him any more?Kamal and Camilla draw parallels between this election and the campaigns in 1992 and 1997 and try to work out what sort of result we're heading towards next week.Plus, Kamal was in the post-debate 'spin room' and caught up with big beasts on both sides - Labour's Darren Jones as well as Conservatives David Davis and Victoria Atkins. He also chatted to audience member Robert Blackstone, who crystallised the campaign as well as anyone when he asked - 'are you two really the best we've got?'Email: thedailyt@telegraph.co.ukThe Daily T Newsletter: telegraph.co.uk/dailytnewsletterSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/dailytsubProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyVideo Producer: Luke GoodsallStudio Operator: James EnglandSocial Media Producer: Ji-Min LeeExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has called small boat crossings a “national security emergency” and said Britain should cut off funding to France if it keeps escorting migrant vessels. But is it even possible to 'stop the boats'?Kamal and Camilla are joined by The Telegraph’s Home Affairs Editor Charles Hymas, who was on a catamaran on the Channel with Farage as he launched his party’s plan to address small boat crossings.And as Julian Assange is finally released from prison following plea deal with US authorities, we ask if the WikiLeaks founder is a free speech hero - or just a shameless self publicist.Plus, what do politicians’ favourite TV shows reveal about them?Read:Farage: Stop funding France until it halts small boats, by Charles Hymashttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/25/nigel-farage-stop-funding-france-until-it-halts-small-boats/Assange isn’t a hero. Veterans like me will not shed tears for his ‘ordeal’, by Hamish de Bretton-Gordonhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/25/assange-isnt-a-hero-a-left-wing-dupe-who-damaged-security/Party leaders’ favourite TV shows – and what their choices say about them, by Anita Singhhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/25/party-leaders-top-shows-and-what-choices-say-about-them/Email: thedailyt@telegraph.co.ukThe Daily T Newsletter: telegraph.co.uk/dailytnewsletterSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/dailytsubProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyVideo Producer: Luke GoodsallStudio Operator: Meghan SearleSocial Media Producer: Ji-Min LeeExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio

Nigel Farage claims Boris Johnson will go down in history as the “worst prime minister of modern times” after a public spat that saw the ex-PM attack the Reform leader for his comments on Ukraine and Putin where he claimed the West provoked the invasion. Camilla reacts to the backlash in the studio with Associate Editor Gordon Rayner who's standing in for Kamal for this episode.Plus, could the general election gambling controversy be the new 'Partygate' for the Tories? And can the real Kemi Badenoch please stand up? We do a deep dive on the politician who could be the future of her party.ReadFarage: Tories using row over Russia remarks to distract from betting scandal, by Amy Gibbons and Jack Maidment: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/24/farage-tories-using-row-russia-distract-betting-scandal/Nigel Farage has just proven that he’s not a serious leader, by Richard Kemp: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/21/nigel-farage-has-just-proven-that-hes-not-a-serious-leader/The West’s errors in Ukraine have been catastrophic. I won’t apologise for telling the truth, by Nigel Farage: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/22/wests-errors-in-ukraine-been-catastrophic-i-wont-apologise/Profile on Kemi Badenoch: ‘No bulls--t’ and Thatcherite thinking: The unstoppable rise of Kemi Badenoch, by Mick Brown:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/20/the-unstoppable-rise-of-conservative-party-kemi-badenoch/Kemi Badenoch hints at leadership bid ‘after election’, by Dom Penna: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/24/kemi-badenoch-hint-leadership-bid-general-election-uk/Email: thedailyt@telegraph.co.ukThe Daily T Newsletter: telegraph.co.uk/dailytnewsletterSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/dailytsubProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyVideo Producer: Luke GoodsallStudio Operator: Meghan SearleSocial Media Producer: Ji-Min LeeExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioWith credit to the BBC for use of the Nigel Farage European Parliament clip.

For this special episode of The Daily T, Kamal and Camilla do a deep dive into one of the thorniest issues in politics: immigration. How much is too much? Are immigrants the reason our NHS is barely able to cope and there aren't enough houses? Or are they a scapegoat for other problems? Are immigrants essential for economic growth and give more to British culture than they take?To answer all these questions and more, Kamal and Camilla are joined by Reform UK's chairman Richard Tice and by Jonathan Portes, professor of economics and public policy at the School of Politics & Economics of King's College, London and a senior fellow at UK in a Changing Europe.They also unveil some exclusive Savanta polling on public views about immigration, plus share some readers' letters on the issue.Email: thedailyt@telegraph.co.ukThe Daily T Newsletter: telegraph.co.uk/dailytnewsletterSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/dailytsubProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyVideo Producer: Luke GoodsallStudio Operator: Meghan SearleSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio

As England take on Denmark tonight, and general Euros fever during an election campaign, Camilla and comedian Geoff Norcott pick out their political fantasy football team and discuss what life as a rightwing comedian might look like under a Labour government. And has Just Stop Oil gone too far this time, with its attack on Stonehenge and an airfield that allegedly held Taylor Swift's private jet? We discuss the group's tactics with The Telegraph’s Environment Editor Emma Gatten.Olena Zelenska interview: War has pushed me close to psychological burnout, by Danielle Sheridan: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/06/20/olena-zelenska-ukraine-hope-burnout-family/Email: thedailyt@telegraph.co.ukThe Daily T Newsletter: telegraph.co.uk/dailytnewsletterSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/dailytsubProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyVideo Producer: Luke GoodsallStudio Operator: Meghan SearleSocial Media Producer: Ji-Min LeeExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio

Rishi Sunak could be the first prime minister in history to lose his seat, according to new exclusive polling for the Telegraph by Savanta. The poll puts the Conservatives at just 53 seats and the Labour Party at a landslide 516.Savanta’s political research director Chris Hopkins joins Camilla and Kamal to unpack the data, including those all-important undecided voters, and why Rishi Sunak is still struggling to move the polls.Plus, former Justice Minister Sir Robert Buckland is on The Daily T to explain why he is calling for an amnesty for 29,000 people given criminal convictions for breaking Covid lockdown rules.And The Telegraph’s Senior Sports Writer Thom Gibbs sends a dispatch from the 2024 Euros in Germany, where the big shock seems to be a shortage of punctual trains...Email: thedailyt@telegraph.co.ukThe Daily T Newsletter: telegraph.co.uk/dailytnewsletterSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/dailytsubProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyVideo Producer: Luke GoodsallStudio Operator: Meghan SearleSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio

As they face down a calamitous election result on July 4, the Conservatives have turned to a divisive former leader for help. But can Boris Johnson boost the Tories’ flailing campaign? Camilla and Kamal consider Johnson’s public appeal and ask if warnings of a Labour supermajority have been overstated.Plus, Nigel Farage has made his ambitions for 10 Downing Street clear - but does he have what it takes to be PM? And The Telegraph’s Assistant Comment Editor and co-host of Ukraine: The Latest, Francis Dearnley, explains why Moscow and Pyongyang are getting cosier than ever, as President Putin visits North Korea.ReadTories turn to Boris Johnson to counter Reform, by Ben Riley-Smith: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/17/tories-turn-to-boris-johnson-counter-reform-election-threat/Will voting Reform put Labour in power? Check your postcode, by Ben Butcher and Mariana Hallal: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/18/is-vote-for-reform-vote-for-labour-general-election/Britain is already at war, and nobody wants to admit it, by Sir Iain Duncan Smith: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/18/britain-is-already-at-war-china-nobody-wants-to-admit/Email: thedailyt@telegraph.co.ukThe Daily T Newsletter: telegraph.co.uk/dailytnewsletterSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/dailytsubProducer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyVideo Producer: Luke GoodsallStudio Operator: Meghan SearleSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio