London mayoral race 2021: What did the viewers consider the controversy?

By Sam Francis
BBC News, London

image caption(Left to right:) The Liberal Democrats’ Luisa Porritt, Labour’s Sadiq Khan, Sean Bailey of the Conservatives and Green Party candidate Sian Berry answered a range of questions

Candidates for the four largest parties running to be mayor of London clashed in Sunday’s debate.

Prompted by questions from an audience of six specially-selected undecided voters, the candidates set out their stall on policing, transport and the capital’s recovery from the pandemic.

So what did the audience make of their performance?

‘We’re going to hold them to account’

Christian Douglas, a youth worker from south London, asked all the four politicians how they would tackle knife crime.

“I would say the candidates answered maybe 80% of my questions, but they were limited by time constraints,” he said.

“But I was pleased they all agreed about the need for long-term youth services. Inconsistent services can be more damaging to kids.

“What was reassuring was that they put…

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