Are all cats Tories? I considered the politics of my pets – and they’re not pretty
Emma Beddington
My assumption that all dogs vote Labour or, at a pinch, Lib Dem, was shaken by two people who identified theirs as likely Reform voters, writes Emma Beddington
Multiparty debate shows an audience tiring of the Labour-Tory slugging match
Rafael Behr
There were no knock-out blows, but some refreshing arguments that don’t get aired when the two heavyweights dominate the ring, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
TV review
Election debate review: everyone struggled to be heard in this seven-way brawl
PM’s D-day disaster dominated discourse as Rayner and Mordaunt engages in ‘undignified’ clashes
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
BBC election debate: Penny Mordaunt says Sunak’s D-day snub was ‘very wrong’ in seven-party clash – as it happened
The politics sketch
Slanging matches and soundbites: debate delivers seven ways to make time drag
John Crace
Labour and Tories renew clashes in ill-tempered second election debate