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Who performed the best in the BBC Question Time leaders' debate?

PUBLISHED: 20:37 22 November 2019 | UPDATED: 11:20 25 November 2019

Candidates featured on the BBC's Question Time special, featuring Nicola Sturgeon, Boris Johnson, Jo Swinson and Jeremy Corbyn. Photograph: BBC.

Candidates featured on the BBC's Question Time special, featuring Nicola Sturgeon, Boris Johnson, Jo Swinson and Jeremy Corbyn. Photograph: BBC.

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It was an opportunity for four of the political party leaders to face the public and set out their vision, but who do you think performed the best?

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