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| General election 2019: Under-30s question politicians in TV debate | General election 2019: Under-30s question politicians in TV debate |
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| Younger voters are putting questions to representatives from the main parties in a debate being shown on BBC One, Radio 1, 1Xtra and 5live. | Younger voters are putting questions to representatives from the main parties in a debate being shown on BBC One, Radio 1, 1Xtra and 5live. |
| The debate which is taking place in York, will last 90 minutes, and is being hosted by the BBC presenter Emma Barnett. | The debate which is taking place in York, will last 90 minutes, and is being hosted by the BBC presenter Emma Barnett. |
| An audience of 18-30-year-olds has been selected to reflect how people of all ages in the country have voted. | An audience of 18-30-year-olds has been selected to reflect how people of all ages in the country have voted. |
| The UK goes to the polls in three days on Thursday 12 December. | The UK goes to the polls in three days on Thursday 12 December. |
| Sitting on the panel are: | Sitting on the panel are: |
| The first question came from Catrin Ellis who asked how her voice could be heard when she lives in a safe seat constituency. | |
| Mr Farage said the voting system was "wrong" pointing out that his former party, UKIP, won nearly four million votes but only one seat in the 2015 election. | |
| Ms Swinson said she would "love" to see a voting system where "your vote would count no matter where you are" and added "the very concept of a safe seat" was "a broken part of our politics". | |
| Young people make up a big share of non-voters in the UK - the British Election Study estimates that between 40-50% of those aged 18 to their mid-20s voted in 2015 and 2017 compared with about 80% of voters aged in their 70s. | Young people make up a big share of non-voters in the UK - the British Election Study estimates that between 40-50% of those aged 18 to their mid-20s voted in 2015 and 2017 compared with about 80% of voters aged in their 70s. |
| Polling expert Sir John Curtice says age is "the division that nowadays lies at the heart of British party politics and will play a significant role on 12 December". | Polling expert Sir John Curtice says age is "the division that nowadays lies at the heart of British party politics and will play a significant role on 12 December". |
| The televised discussion comes on a day in which the campaign has been dominated by debate of the NHS and Prime Minister Boris Johnson's initial refusal to look at an image of a sick child on the floor of an overcrowded hospital. | The televised discussion comes on a day in which the campaign has been dominated by debate of the NHS and Prime Minister Boris Johnson's initial refusal to look at an image of a sick child on the floor of an overcrowded hospital. |
| Elsewhere Labour's John McDonnell sets out what it would do in its first 100 days in government and Jo Swinson has defended her stance on extending transgender rights. | Elsewhere Labour's John McDonnell sets out what it would do in its first 100 days in government and Jo Swinson has defended her stance on extending transgender rights. |
| Follow election night on the BBC | Follow election night on the BBC |