Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn prepare for final head-to-head BBC debate before polling day

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BORIS Johnson is getting ready for his final head-to-head with Jeremy Corbyn tonight in Kent.

The PM is preparing for his BBC showdown with the leftie leader at 8.30pm tonight.

Boris and Jeremy are gearing up for their final head-to-head
The PM will face off with the leftie boss at 8.30pm tonight

Photos of the set ready for the two leaders have already been released.

They will be grilled by BBC presenter Nick Robinson, and will face questions from 100 members of the audience and those who submitted them online.

The audience has been selected to include equal numbers of Conservatives and Labour supporters, the Beeb claims.

But there are more Leavers than Remainers – to reflect the 2016 referendum result.

This is the Labour boss’ final chance to push through and catch up in the polls before Thursday’s polling day, insiders think.

If he’s unable to break through then the chances of Boris winning next week’s election and being returned as PM are much higher.

Most of the polls have the PM a clear ten points ahead with under a week to go.

YouGov will be releasing a snap poll after the debate to find out what the public really think.

The debate is set to feature furious clashes between the pair over anti-Semitism in the Labour party, the NHS, and Brexit.

And Boris is set to get attacked for failing to sign up to an interview with the Beeb’s Andrew Neil, as all the other leaders have done – leading to Labour complaining to the BBC about alleged bias.

A spokesperson said: “The BBC will continue to make its own independent editorial decisions, and is committed to reporting the election campaign fairly, impartially and without fear or favour.”

CORBYN’S NONSENSE CLAIMS

This morning the leftie boss tried to distract voters from the anti-semitism storm engulfing him with another dossier from the Government.

told reporters in central London this morning that the document reveals the government privately admitted that there will be customs declaration checks between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

In a desperate effort to draw attention away from allegations he was involved in 11 vile acts of jew hate, the leftie-boss added: “We’ve caught Boris Johnson red handed misrepresenting his own Brexit deal.”

The PM dismissed Jeremy Corbyn’s “secret document” as “nonsense” – and vowed there will be “no checks” on goods at the Northern Irish border after Brexit.

“I haven’t seen the document you’re referring to but that’s complete nonsense,” he said today.

“And what I can tell you is that with the deal that we have we can come out as one whole UK.”

And he urged voters to “believe him”.

“There will be no goods going from GB to NI or from NI to GB because we are going to come out of the EU whole and entire, and that was the objective that we secured,” he stressed.

“It’s a fantastic deal that will enable us to get Brexit done and move forward.”

Mr Johnson at St Pancras on the way to Kent for the debate
Earlier Mr Corbyn accused the Government of being dishonest over Brexit