He wanted to make it the slogan of the campaign and I think it probably will be, despite this revelation from the Treasury. Starmer really should have challenged this more robustly… or at all.
I agree the moderator had a hard time getting anything of basic value from either candidate. But I wouldn’t go so far as to say she encouraged Sunak’s lies. She just wanted to get it over with.
More aspirations from Starmer here, which I suspect is going to be an overall winner on this topic. Sunak’s go to answer is “no we can’t afford it so I’m not going to do it” seems a bit wet in comparison.