Election Debate #1

I managed to watch most of the first debate between the leaders of the three main parties last night. Political history was being made, or so we were told. Unfortunately, although it may have met this criterion, it was not a vehicle for incisive presentation of policies or for finding out anything really new. Upon reflection, that is a very personal view and probably does not apply to everyone who watched it. I regard myself as reasonably politically informed and, perhaps, the less informed would have learnt something about Nick Clegg. Given his normally low profile, it may have come as a surprise to many that he was quite sensible. The common wisdom seems to be that Clegg 'won' the debate. I agree with that and, although Gordon didn't do too badly, his seriousness is a definate handicap. It will be interesting to see how he performs in the rest of the series.