I’ve recently come across this party and they represent my values

Well done William. Short, snappy - got the main messages across. Left on economics, Right on social issues. People will understand why they need the party eventually. Nice one!

Strong from Clouston.

Too sensible to be prime minister he is steady no nonsense leader..vote SDP

William makes an excellent presentation of the policies and aims of the SDP, within a very tight BBC format.

You did us proud there, William! Great work as always.

That was a quality plug for the party...Well done :)

Excellent from Mr Clouston.

Honest and succinct , just needs to be heard wider.

vote SDP put respect back into society not westminster division

William handled that very well - the question asked on the gap in the political market was pretty gob smacking you would have to be asleep not to see it (whatever you think of it).

Well done William, a confident and concise pitch. It worked. I think many that saw that will have the curiosity to look us up ! Heres to more broadcssts!

Reform or SDP gets my vote

Good to see us getting time on MSM.

There needs to be more awareness of this party.

The SDP have now won my support for the long-haul. As a voter with a few years under my belt, I'm growing ever tired of those who dismiss the idea of voting on principle, in favour of "electability" or tactical voting with the larger parties. And then, those same voters act surprised when they don't get the politics they want....... The SDP are meeting that public need for principled, serious, society-oriented politics, which we've been lacking for too long, and I am hoping to see them grow in the months and years to come.

This sounds far more preferable to Reform and Nigel Farage who wants to privatise the NHS.

The positioning of the party is genuine and welcome and backed by the candidates. It is very cohesive because it's easy to back solutions to issues that make sense.

Great interview!

A shame you're not running in my constituency.

Excellent

Great stuff, got the main points across pretty well

I’m an SDP member, Definitely the best party and only political party speaking any sense. Sadly due to my work I’m not able to stand and there’s no SDP candidate in Exeter where I live, So I’ll probably end up voting Reform uk. There are a couple of independents standing but I’m not sure of their political beliefs, Policies or background.

Shame I don’t have a candidate to vote for, therefore I won’t be voting.

The Interviewer is daft, no gap for someone like SDP? Its YAWNING open for someone like the SDP.

I'd so vote for you if you stood in my constituency, of which you are not doing so!

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BBC presenter's facial expressions around 2:36 just scream impartiality, not. Gone the days when british media asked questions with a straight face. There is a gap in the political spectrum for SDP. A party that wants to focus on industry isn't such a bad idea when there is a war on the European continent. No-one wants war, of course. But the corrupted souls will strike when they sense weakness. Some political parties risk making this country defenceless. Having read the SDP manifesto there is nothing I fundamentally disagree with. It's a shame the candidate in my area made way for Reform. I don't particurlary agree with all of Reform's policies, but they are probably the only party to give Labour an staunch opposition. If tories finished 2nd in this election, then Labour will simply spend the next four years blaming the tory government for everything that's wrong and nothing in society will truly change. To retort Sunak's claim that Labour have no plan... Labour's plan is simply to not say anything that will offend anyone and by virtue of not being tories, will walk the election. They don't need to make outlandish pledges because this is probably the most one-sided election ever in Britain for a long time.

There's an SDP candidate in my constituency and a Reform one but it will be the SDP who will be getting my vote. Their position on the economy is much more in tune with my own and too many Thatcherites in Reform.

We wait expectantly for the question , "and Mr Clouston, what is your policy on immigration?"....and we wait.....and wait......."crickets".

Jo Coburn was v dismissive and patronising but she is BBC

Britain is broken Britain needs Reform

If the BBC will give this party airtime, why are they so shy of doing the same for the Workers Party of Great Britain? These are two very similar parties, apart from one obvious difference. Why no mention of Gaza? The workers party is even feilding more candidates. This is the establishment showing itself as biased against threats to established power.

Sadly no SDP candidate for me so I'm voting ReformUK

Oh dear - just when I thought a party I could agree with (socially right, economically left), I discover they are pro-abortion 😢.

Who is funding this party?

Conservative and Labour just aren’t fit for purpose really. Too disconnected from what the public. Lib Dem’s aren’t offering an alternative. Come on SDP and Reform,

Vote *REFORM*

I joined the SDP in 1983. Like the majority of the membership, I voted to merge with the Liberals to form the (Social &) Liberal Democrats. I left them in 2009 over religious freedom as they supported Ecumenism and the continued oppression and discrimination and murder of True Orthodox Christians such as myself, and refused to oppose Vladimir Putin's Russia under all circumstances, refusing to recognise that his regime is a continuation of the Soviet Union and soviet expansionism. I subsequently joined the Christian People's Alliance, but it also refused to condemn ecumenism. I am now Iberia co-ordinator for RejoinEU Party. This SDP's opposition to European integration is totally opposed to the overwhelming majority of the original membership, as its pact and joint candidatures with Reform UK show.

Patriotic Socialist ?

Clueless questions.

Not the party for me. I'll be voting for the Reform Party.

Total wasted vote. The SDP will have a better shot at government if they stand down for Reform this time.

How ridiculous to give this man only 30 seconds given they are not mainstream and people might need to hear a bit more . This is the BBC trying to be impartial in a blanket way

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