The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn dismissed the Prime Minister's pledge to "get Brexit done" by the end of January as "nonsense" while Mr Johnson suggested his rival was "not fit to lead our country".
He just kept saying it. The NHS? “Get Brexit done.” Trust? “Get Brexit done.” Public spending? “Get Brexit done.” By the end the studio audience was groaning and Westminster hacks were claiming he had gone too far, but Boris Johnson knows that most viewers won’t have sat down to watch a whole hour
A snap YouGov survey of 1,646 viewers conducted immediately after the debate shows a close split, with 51% of viewers saying that Boris Johnson performed best, once “don’t know” responses were removed, and 49% backing Jeremy Corbyn.