BRITISH Prime Minister Theresa May challenged opposition Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn to a live prime time television debate on Brexit days before a crunch parliamentary vote as she struggles to win support for the deal agreed with the European Union.

May said the format of the debate would need to be decided by broadcasters. Corbyn’s team swiftly accepted the offer, prompting demands from other parties and anti-Brexit groups to insist one of their supporters is allowed to take part.

“I am going to be explaining why I think this deal is the right deal for the UK — and yes, I am ready to debate it with Jeremy Corbyn,” May told the Sun newspaper. “Because I have got a plan. He hasn’t got a plan.”

This would be the first time May has been willing to go head-to-head with the Labor leader in a live television debate after she refused to take part in any in the run-up to last year’s general election.

(SD-Agencies)