Tonight there was a lively BBC debate at Wembley Arena, in London, on the upcoming Brexit EU referendum. The BBC debate featured views and opinions from both the Remain and Leave camps and from across the political, social and economic spectrum. I must admit i had one eye on the BBC debate and another on the thrilling Euro 2016 football match between Spain and Croatia – Croatia played a scorcher and nicked it in the 87th minute! Anyway, my divided attention meant i didnt catch all of the EU Referendum debate and so i turned to twitter (#BBCDebate) to find the 10 most popular BBC debate tweets. Here they are:
Please note the tweets are indicated in order with the most popular first, and the order was true at the time of writing. Also, i have excluded some popular tweets because, while very funny, werent really capturing the important themes from the debate – for example:
This is the worst episode of Blankety Blank one has ever seen. #BBCDebate pic.twitter.com/gG2CP3dr9E
— Elizabeth Windsor (@Queen_UK) June 21, 2016
The Top 10 Brexit – EU Referendum BBC Debate Tweets
1. BBC Debate – Independence Day
Thursday can be “our country’s independence day”, Boris Johnson tells #BBCDebate https://t.co/slOCKdj5NP #EUref https://t.co/T8MpN2KicH — BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 21, 2016
2. BBC Debate – Misinformation…?
Boris has spent the last few weeks touring the UK using completely made-up facts. #BBCDebate pic.twitter.com/unNG6fwpzM
— Stronger In (@StrongerIn) June 21, 2016
3. BBC Debate – The Campaigns and Funding
Watch Tory MP dodge question about Leave campaign accepting £600,000 donation from former BNP member #BBCDebate https://t.co/8e1xMkgByF — The Independent (@Independent) June 21, 2016
4. BBC Debate – Migration Again…
A reminder of why immigrants are to blame for everything. #BBCDebate pic.twitter.com/zhEHkZHm67
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) June 21, 2016
5. BBC Debate – Project Fear – Migration
Leave campaign “hasn’t been project fear, it’s been project hate” – @SadiqKhan #BBCDebate https://t.co/slOCKdj5NP https://t.co/Q1uqTBErp9 — BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 21, 2016
6. BBC Debate – EU Influence on the UK
"An extraordinary claim," @andrealeadsom & @RuthDavidsonMSP on EU's influence https://t.co/slOCKdj5NP #BBCDebate https://t.co/kq0GjqGC7H
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 21, 2016
7. BBC Debate – More About the Personalities behind the Campaign
Enjoyed making the positive case to stay in the EU on #BBCDebate. And yes – I did break my fast on stage #Ramadan pic.twitter.com/iKXLbUGeaD
— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) 21 June 2016
8. BBC Debate – Can you handle the truth?
Ruth Davidson's best bit of the night, destroying the Leave side: "you deserve the truth" #BBCdebate pic.twitter.com/VF5MQKlweE
— Sunny Hundal (@sunny_hundal) June 21, 2016
9. BBC Debate – Slogans and Plans
“A slogan is not a detailed plan, Boris. What is your plan?” – Sadiq Khan #Remain#BBCDebate https://t.co/slOCKdj5NP https://t.co/2t7gDdMlRZ — BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 21, 2016
10. BBC Debate – Back to Migration
I love this idea that Nigel Farage et al are desperate – desperate! – to let in more Indian, Pakistani & Bangladeshi migrants.#BBCDebate
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) June 21, 2016