Election debate

[David Johnson]

So how do you think Cameron, Clegg and Brown did?

[jimslip]

Clegg came out the best, no contest. Brown, no one trusts anyway, Cameron, looks too smooth, if you put him in a top hat and tails he would really look like an Etonian schoolboy.

Clegg muffed his words and seemed...............human?

[David Johnson]

I agree that Clegg came out pretty well. I think he has done his party a lot of good tonight.

No-one expected Brown to do well because he is no great shakes as an orator but I liked the way he was aggressive towards Cameron and pushed him on a number of areas like inheritance tax, Cameron cutting the police budget etc where the Conservatives are vulnerable.

As for Cameron, I thought he was poor but I'm biased because I have always thought of him as a public relations guy who in many ways is Thatcher in drag one week and a touchy feely New Age guy the next week.

Cheers
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[SpannerProductions]

Clegg was definately the winner IMO he actually came across as sincere - major suprise from any politician !shocked!- agreed , he did the lib dems a lot of favours tonite - will it swing any votes thier way........?????!tumbleweed!

Brown was just being a typical smarmy wanker politician !clown!who knows he is on a sinking ship and really just seemed to want to get away - doors open son !flush!.

Cameron - well , whose bright fucking idea was it to put him in the middle of the other 2 - he kept trying to act like some kind of preacher.............only problem being he's more than likely to be the next PM......oh well.

lets face facts - not a lot ever really changes - some things go up, some things go down - some things get introduced and some things get binned - we all pay too many taxes one way or another - the expenses bills we keep being paid (possibly under some other description or format) , the rich will keep getting richer or at least keep what they have (having found some legal loophole to hide behind) and most so called 'common folk' will just keep on doing what they have been doing under many different leaders - doing whatever they have to, to feed the kids and keep a roof over thier heads, some wars will stop (and /or policing actions.) and some will start..... SSDD !surrender!

[Ron T. Storm]

I totally agree with you . Clegg looked much better.

[The Last Word]

Clegg asserted himself smartly in the spotlight. Points won, but he shrank at times. Gordy was in full PR-smoothed mode and stood his ground fairly well. Coming in last, People's Man Dave went heavy on the 'I recently met a man..' platitudes. He blustered and, perhaps, blew it.

Interesting to watch, but not something I'd put too much faith in. It was the media rather than the public who wanted this to happen. And bear in mind that once upon a time Tony Blair would've slaughtered all comers at this lark.

[jimslip]

[planeterotica]

Alistair Stewart gave Clegg more time than the other two and did appear to be biased against Cameron, but i doubt if it will make much difference come polling day, and the viewing figures were apparentky only half of what they were hoping for.

[Ned]

Copied from my reply in another thread

Clegg clearly won but he can say anything as he knows he'll never have to deliver. Brown clearly came second and Cameron was hopeless. That story where he, in effect, said "I met a real life black person recently and he hates bloody foreigners too" was funny though. Later he decided to claim that oje of our most important trading partners, China, was bracketed with Iran as a threat to our national security. And this man wants to be Prime Minister?

[David Johnson]

And with the Lib Dems they have absolutely no baggage given they havent had any involvement in government for over 60 years.

People who were around then still remember the horrors of Thatcherism and Labour being in power for 13 years and with the worst global recession since the 1930's gives Brown a lot of stuff to contend with.

Being wise after the event, I guess its no surprise that Clegg came across best.

CHeers
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