Two weeks ago the first leaders' debate breathed new life into a tired campaign and pricked the interest of an electorate apparently long since bored with elections.
Last night, the third and final debate arrived in just as much hype, but in truth will have had minimal impact on the voting habits of its millions of viewers. The impact of the first debate has been widely documented. Nick Clegg fully exploited a rare opportunity to break Labour and the Conservatives’ duopoly on politics coverage on television. By being erudite and authoritative, Clegg attracted a host of voters who probably could not have picked him out of a line-up before the debate and turned the election into a genuine three-horse race But Brown and Cameron (or at least their ...
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