Will you be voting at the upcoming elections?

[Bongo]

Are you sure you knew which one was Brown? 

[Woodsey]

Are you sure you knew which one was Brown? 

I'll answer that one for him as he is clearly drunk at the moment. NOOOOOOOOOO

[Jon MW]

I'm somewhat surprised everyone (51% apparently) said Clegg did well. Not sure I was watching the same debate? I saw a bloke who looked a little uncomfortable, reading out his prepared answers to the camera, mostly, which frankly made me cringe, then when it came to the "debate" part, .... read his statement out again. Didn't really see him engaging with the other two much, unlike Cameron/Brown, who needled each other reasonably well.

Personally I thought Cameron did the best of the three. He seemed to do the best at actually debating, although I thought he missed some fairly open goals that Brown set him up for. Seemed to let Brown get away with spouting shite too often. "Taking 6B out the economy? Yes Gordon, let people and businesses spend it as opposed to you nicking it and shoving it up your arse".

I guess I'm biased though - fairly natural tory voter, given I actually work for a living, in the private sector.

 

Apparently talking to the camera is a good thing... don't ask me why though.

I think Clegg's lack of engagement would be scored as a plus, instead of getting involved in petty bickering he just gave his thoughts.

Opinion seems to be split about talking to the camera, some of the media liked it and some didn't - I think that might reflect the general public as well.

Clegg was always favourite to 'win' the debate because he was the least known to start with, and people are less likely to have preconceived ideas to prejudice their view.

It was all a bit pointless really. Cameron lost a bit because he was the favourite beforehand so he could only lose out, Brown was exactly like you'd expect him to be (so he lost a bit as well) and Clegg didn't screw it up so he gained - most journalists could have written their reports on it beforehand (and as their journalists, they probably did).

[Dingdell]

Did anyone watch the after debate programme which showed a small sample of people reactions who were floating voters?  It was the one with the coloured lines going up and down as the debate went on showing if they found something engaging. They loved when Clegg complained about the other 2 sounding the same, liked Camerons take on immigration and didn't seem to react to anything Brown said.

They said Brown didn't connect - I thought he did ok but didn't set the worl d alight as he's always going to be in a defensive position. I thought Clegg did well but will never get enough votes to win the election. I like Cameron.

[Dingdell]

Just tried this http://uk.news.yahoo.com/elections/party-matcher

It matches your views to the party that represents your views the most. I scored 58% with labour, 58% conservative and 58% with the liberal democrats....

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[mondatoo]

I got 64% Lib dems,56% Labour & 49% Conservative

Guess I should vote lib dems then .Also I always find it interesting when people say I would vote for such and such but they wont get enough votes to win,what if half the country thought that way and thus the best candidate didn't win,I know you didn't say that as much Dingdell but just made me think of that situation.

[thetank]

I got 64% Lib dems,56% Labour & 49% Conservative

Guess I should vote lib dems then .Also I always find it interesting when people say I would vote for such and such but they wont get enough votes to win,what if half the country thought that way and thus the best candidate didn't win,I know you didn't say that as much Dingdell but just made me think of that situation.

Agree with you totally. Fk tactical voting and go with who you like best.

I'm not voting libdem, but that's not because I don't think they'll get in, it's coz I want to melt them.

[mondatoo]

I got 64% Lib dems,56% Labour & 49% Conservative

Guess I should vote lib dems then .Also I always find it interesting when people say I would vote for such and such but they wont get enough votes to win,what if half the country thought that way and thus the best candidate didn't win,I know you didn't say that as much Dingdell but just made me think of that situation.

Agree with you totally. Fk tactical voting and go with who you like best.

I'm not voting libdem, but that's not because I don't think they'll get in, it's coz I want to melt them.

I LOL'd

[Dingdell]

I got 64% Lib dems,56% Labour & 49% Conservative

Guess I should vote lib dems then .Also I always find it interesting when people say I would vote for such and such but they wont get enough votes to win,what if half the country thought that way and thus the best candidate didn't win,I know you didn't say that as much Dingdell but just made me think of that situation.

I know exactly what you mean - don't know if there is any research on 'who would you vote for if you could be bothered to get off your arse?' . It would be interesting to know what the can't be bothered voter would vote and if that would make the difference.

[George2Loose]

Clegg did win but I feel he has teh least to lose and everything to gain. All this consensus politics is bollocks tho

Thought Cameron looked uncomfortable in places and was using anicdotes right, left and centre. Bit contrived for me.

To be honest I enjoyed the show but there wasn't a clear winner/loser for me.

Looking forward to the next two

[nirvana]

Just watched this and found it quite refreshing.

a) Because they weren' allowed to bang on to long on any individual response

b) There was far less tit for tat knocking than there could have been and would have been if you wind the clock back a bit to complete cocks like Blair

[smileriraq]

must confess I didnt watch it mainly because the debate was strictly structured as to what could and couldnt be discussed beforehand so as not to cause particular embarrassment.

that said its a start

[gatso]

66% labour 63% libdem 61% torie

not really conclusive so probs a good job I'm not voting

I had real trouble with some of the questions though, I have no idea what academy status is, or an eco town and some of the others were complete wtf

[Claw75]

70% lib dem 65% labour 41% conservative.

Gatso, there was a link in the academy status question that took you straight to the wiki page explaining it - helped me answer the question anyway.

[gatso]

70% lib dem 65% labour 41% conservative.

Gatso, there was a link in the academy status question that took you straight to the wiki page explaining it - helped me answer the question anyway.

I try not to click on links that are unlikely to contain porn