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Follow The New European’s live reactions to the BBC’s topical debate broadcast from Gillingham on April 6
On the panel are Conservative MP Suella Fernandes, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, co-leader of the Green Party Jonathan Bartley, businesswoman and broadcaster Michelle Dewberry, and Gerard Coyne, the West Midlands secretary of the Unite union who is a candidate in the election for general secretary.
David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Gillingham.