The leader’s debate was good last night.
Channel 4 and the Guardian called the result correctly. Clegg won, Brown second and Cameron trailed in third.
Why did Cameron do so badly? Because, to quote a recent Private Eye, he came across as a one notion Tory.
His only notion is that he wants to win.
But he gave no clue as to why he should win.
Or what he’ll do if he does win.
Worrying.
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Richard,
That’s just rubbish. Look at all of the polls that followed the debate and the clear verdict is that the vote was split pretty much along the lines of the of the existing opinion polls. In other words, if you already supported a party you tended to think that party did best. Or, to look at it another way, the debate ended up being about preaching to the converted but probably made little difference.
The only thing that everybody is agreed upon is that Sky’s coverage was terrible. And I wonder how many people watched the debate – the first half was pretty turgid. Something of this importance should be on terrestrial TV.
@mad foetus
I quoted 2 that do not agree with you
i accept some agree with you
And Sky was rubbish
But George Osborne went out of his way to say they’d been great
Grovel, grovel to Mr Murdoch
@Richard Murphy
Not sure I read the Guardian poll as putting Brown in front of Cameron. Not sure that C4 actually had a poll – they seemed to rely on the other polls to create a poll of polls.
In fact I don’t think anybody (apart from Labourites) actually put Brown in front of Cameron. So I’m not really sure on what you base your assertions on.
“Something of this importance should be on terrestrial TV.”
It was also broadcast on BBC News.