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Election debate: reaction and analysis after Jeremy Corbyn and party leaders spar – as it happened

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Nuttall says we should not be afraid of calling Islamist extremism what it is - Islamist extremism.

He says people who go abroad to fight for Islamic State should not be allowed to return.

And he says that the Muslim community is not doing enough to report extremism. He says only one in eight referrals to Prevent come from Muslims.

Lucas says it it outrageous to suggest that the terrorists are representative of the Muslim community.

Why is Britain the second biggest arms dealer in the world, she asks.

"Have you not read MY manifesto ? " asks Amber Rudd. It's a coup !

— Patrick Wintour (@patrickwintour) May 31, 2017

This is already turning into a bit of a pile-on for Amber Rudd. She must be raging with Theresa May. #BBCDebate

— Kevin Schofield (@PolhomeEditor) May 31, 2017

A tough gig for Amber Rudd but she comes across pretty well; unlike May she looks comfortable in her own skin #BBCDebate

— Jeremy Cliffe (@JeremyCliffe) May 31, 2017

On her home turf of home affairs, Amber Rudd gives her best answer. Has the Countdown to leadership stories started yet? #bbcdebate

— Michael Savage (@michaelsavage) May 31, 2017

Whatever you think of Tories, hard not to be impressed with how @AmberRuddHR not buckling after attack after attack from other 6

— Robert Peston (@Peston) May 31, 2017

Rudd says we need the right legislation to defeat terrorism. She says she is shocked that Corbyn boasted about voting against every piece of anti-terror legislation.

Corbyn says Theresa May voted with him against anti-terror legislation in 2005. And David Davis did too. He says there must be judicial oversight for these powers.

Question 4 - Security

Q: What are your priorities for making Britain a safer country and the world a safer place?

Robertson says the SNP want more police. He says it is dangerous to make an argument about safety and foreign policy. But it is right to question foreign interventions. He says the government has spent more money bombing places than rebuilding them.

Corbyn says we need more police officers. We need to do more to address cyber threats. And he says it is a mistake to leave large spaces of the world ungoverned.

Husain asks if Corbyn is saying the attack in Manchester would not have happened if it had not been for the police cuts.

Corbyn says that is not what he is saying.

Half-time score: Turning up at the debate is not enough, Corbyn has to score, highlight May absence to capitalise on roll of last few days

— Torcuil Crichton (@Torcuil) May 31, 2017

Farron says Theresa May wants a blank cheque to do whatever she wants on issues like social care payments. Don’t give her that blank cheque, he says.

Husain asks about the Lib Dem policy on the NHS. He says to him the NHS is personal. His mum had ovarian cancer. It it personal to everyone else too. Have we got the best funded NHS? No, he says. He says the Lib Dems would put an extra 1p on income tax.

Corbyn not just redefining Labour. After this no Tory will ever again stand on an austerity platform. You can see Rudd's discomfort

— Paul Mason (@paulmasonnews) May 31, 2017

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