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Prime Ministerial Debates- Thread

andyandy said:
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I vote that Cameron will come across best....

Broon will come across dull but sincere

Clegg Over will take a gamble and go on the attack - but not quite pull it off

Cameron will have the quips and the easy manner....

If only we had Paxman and none of these ridiculous rules. it's likely to be a damp squib.

we shall see.
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well, shows how much i know....

cameron was poor
Clegg shone
..and well, yes Broon was dull but sincere....

will it actually make any difference at the polls? Let's see....
 
Tomorrow's polling will be very interesting; I think Clegg came out ahead on that debate.
 
andyandy said:
will it actually make any difference at the polls? Let's see....
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Depends how many people are actually watching these debates, I guess. It'll be interesting to see the viewer ratings.

Didn't think much of Clegg's closing speech. Not much substance besides "we're not Con or Lab." Oh well, opportunity lost.
 
ArcturusA said:
Depends how many people are actually watching these debates, I guess. It'll be interesting to see the viewer ratings.

Didn't think much of Clegg's closing speech. Not much substance besides "we're not Con or Lab." Oh well, opportunity lost.
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true - i don't think scrapping trident plays well with middle england - but i don't really know...

agree about the closing speech too - bit light-weight from clegg.
 
They all had poor closing speeches, but I'm amazed at how well Clegg and Brown did.

I actually thought Cameron would do better than that.
 
On the BBC Coverage:

"Home Secretary Alan Johnson says Gordon Brown won on substance, Mr Clegg on style and that Mr Cameron lost on both."

That's a fair assessment, I think, though Clegg may have been a little way ahead of Brown on substance too.
 
I never saw it as I am in work and out of the country. From the posts it looks like Brown came across better than some thought he may and that Clegg did really well. I always knew that, come the push, Cameron and the Tories have nothing.

I think a hung Parliament with the Libs holding the key.
 
I'm surprised that people think Clegg came out on top. I thought he did very poorly (What was up with putting his hand in his pocket?). I've never thought "I'm the honest abe in the middle of these two monsters" works well for any third candidate, be it Jesse Jackson or John Edwards.

Why do you think he did so well?

Cameron was rather forgettable. One point I couldn't understand was when he complained that a teaching panel had send a boy back to school who had stabbed another pupil or something. His complaint was that the Headteacher couldn't expel him. Well, what if the headteacher hadn't expelled him? If that was the case, Cameron would probably be complaining about how a headteacher could do such a thing.

I'm glad there was more back and forth than I originally thought there would be.
 
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commandlinegamer said:
Just think they missed a trick not having Plaid Cymru or the SNP on; it's not all about Middle England.
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I agree. Hopefully one day. Although I wish they would stop using London as an insult.

MarkCorrigan said:
They all had poor closing speeches, but I'm amazed at how well Clegg and Brown did.
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Why do you think Brown did well?
 
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Undesired Walrus said:
I'm surprised that people think Clegg came out on top. I thought he did very poorly (What was up with putting his hand in his pocket?). I've never thought "I'm the honest abe in the middle of these two monsters" works well for any third candidate, be it Jesse Jackson or John Edwards.

Why do you think he did so well?
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Everyone else seemed to think so as well, if you look at the polls.

Honestly, I think that for the most part he was engaging, far more than the other two, and I genuinely think Cameron came over as a total tit.
 
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Just think they missed a trick not having Plaid Cymru or the SNP on; it's not all about Middle England.
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Parties representing an absolute maximum 10% of the electorate getting a fifth of the available time to make a case, a case irrelevant to 90% of its potential viewership?
 
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Professor Yaffle said:
ITV's panel of floating voters in a marginal (Bolton I think) also liked Clegg, and seemed to prefer Cameron over Brown.
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There's a shock. I was especially surprised when they thought Cameron and his "Immigration- BAD!" rubbish was a wonderous idea. :rolleyes:
 
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