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Brown actually handled himself surprisingly well - you could almost forget that him and his party are largely responsible for the awful mess our country's in. Almost.

Clegg was super-slick. Too slick for my taste. He was playing the 'White Knight' role as if his life depended on it: 'what these two aren't telling you is...', 'the two big parties aren't being straight with you...' All he seems to offer is big promises, safe in the knowledge that he'll never have to deliver on them. He is trading heavily on the fact that he is leader of the third party.

Cameron was solid, although I would have liked him to go after Brown with a bit more venom. He had a perfect opportunity to attack Brown on his record, and I think he let him off the hook a bit. I DID like the fact that he didn't lower himself to rsponding to Brown's 'airbrushing' comments. That shows class, something which his chief rival is sorely lacking.

Unfortunately I didn't get to see the show, but I have to say I would rather see politicians talk about their policies and how they will deliver them, than attack one another on a personal and professional level.

Monkeys sling poo at each other - people should have moved past that; especially people with the power over an entire nation.

That's the trouble with these debates though; the whole premise of them is to attack the other person's answers/policies - to 'win' if you will.

I think that Nick Clegg came out looking a lot stronger than i thought he would. Cameron was a bit flat, almost as if he thought that he had already done the hard work with his campaigning and this was an opportunity to appear calm and relaxed in the spotlight. Brown was the most defensive and bullish of the three, just continually pointing out the things Labour has done and defending vociferously the things that had worked.

It'll be interesting to see how the other debates go: Clegg did well enough for him to be taken more seriously (at least according to the viewers/analysts reactions afterward) and will surely face a tougher time in the next debate. If he handles himself well i may just be convinced to vote for him.