As said on last thread, Cameron DID look like a PM. Miliband was just another one amongst the others and will suffer in Wales and Scotland as a result increasing chance of Tories being largest party.
Who won and who will shift more votes will prove to have different answers. Farage proved himself the marmie politician, the man for whom the NHS is about healthcare tourists, housing is about immigrants, living standards about immigration depressing wages, etc.
Who won doesn't really matter, as very few people will have watched it. What will really matter is how the news outlets edit the sound bites that is what most people will see.
22.06, and I've received an email from Labour about the debate. The problem is that it contains nothing specific about the debate, and is obviously pre-written.
Pathetic.
(And I'll say the same for the other parties if they do it).
Suprised Sturgeon polled so high. An excellent result for Nige and a poor result for the metropolitan elite.
If you take the SNP out of this (only 10% of the population are in Scotland) then the winner was Farage (50% more than UKIP's vote share), with a second place for Clegg (twice the LibDem's vote share).
As said on last thread, Cameron DID look like a PM. Miliband was just another one amongst the others and will suffer in Wales and Scotland as a result increasing chance of Tories being largest party.
Suprised Sturgeon polled so high. An excellent result for Nige and a poor result for the metropolitan elite.
If you take the SNP out of this (only 10% of the population are in Scotland) then the winner was Farage (50% more than UKIP's vote share), with a second place for Clegg (twice the LibDem's vote share).
A pleasant suprise that Nicola won it as I thought people would have voted according to which party they would vote for at the GE.
Suprised Sturgeon polled so high. An excellent result for Nige and a poor result for the metropolitan elite.
If you take the SNP out of this (only 10% of the population are in Scotland) then the winner was Farage (50% more than UKIP's vote share), with a second place for Clegg (twice the LibDem's vote share).
But if she has teed off potential Labour and LD voters in England, ad deters them from voting Labour or LD, then that helps too. You need to remember we're all in the union together.
Cameron won by splitting the left wing vote. Labour will have significant resources tied up in Scotland and Wales. Academic / do-gooder types can vote liberal or green. Working class can vote for Ukip. Only Farage would have attracted any of the Tory right.
Will be interesting to see if Farage's relatively sound performance leads to UKIP peeling off some of those votes they've been leaking. And if they can keep them
Sturgeon may appear to have won, but she appears to equate growth with incresed welfare spending, and higher taxes. She is a fiscal illiterate, and suffers from economic incontinence. Scotland's economy would not thrive with her in charge.
Miliband will lose seats in Wales and Scotland, but as for The Greens, they have picked a charmless charisma free dud.
The pollsters being over the place sort of vindicates Cameron's strategy for these debates: put in so many leaders, that no conclusive narrative can be formed any which way.
But I do find it astonishing how many of our political leaders seem to struggle with basic debating skills. Sturgeon is one of the few who bothered to learn her trade.
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But Cameron has an easy message to sell - steady as she goes....
Plaid leader was the surprise - not very polished but had some good moments.
But the biggest winners were Farage and Clegg.
SNP 55 seats
Baroness Sturgeon to Lords as PM
In non-scotland land: Farage.
Milliband wins.
Bennett was there to make Sturgeon look like the milk snatcher by comparison.
Pathetic.
(And I'll say the same for the other parties if they do it).
Milliband 25
Cameron 24
Farage 19
Sturgeon 17
Clegg 9
Sturgeon did well and I wouldn't want to be a Labour MP.
I thought Clegg was polished but bland apart from thumping EdM once. He can't do the I'm A Nice Guy thing again - so Ms Greenies did it instead.
Nigel is just too one-trick for me = I found his endless face pulling and laughing inappropriate for a leaders' debate.
ComRes snap poll result:
21% Cam
21% Mili
9% Clegg
21% Farage
5% Bennett
20% Sturgeon
2% Wood
So it's a Sturgasm this time.
That will make Cameron happy.
Cam/Mil/Farage on 21%
The milky bars are on me!!
His worm looks like it needs some V!agra.
Ok in seriousness this highlights the risk of relying on polls too much, lots of variation
ICM Milliband by 1
ComRes: 3 way tie M/F/C.
Yougov: Sturgeon by 8.
After the initial headline this BBC1 10 pm report is pretty solid for Cameron.
Surprised Clegg didn't get anywhere close - I thought he was impressive personally.
I need to check my bias. It ain't helpful for betting purposes....
Osborne looks like the Cheshire Cat, Baldwin is apparently frenetic
ITV can do what they want.
What are the precise ITV ComRes numbers?
interestingly Dave's worm finished very high Ed's very low-any clear reason why??
- Miliband swamped among the other five, almost forgotten about at times.
- His main opponent's main oppenents in Scotland doing well....
- No one stand-out that might cause a surge anywhere.
I'm calling it for Cam.
I bet Ed is looking for to the opposition debate, while Dave and Nick sit at home and play Candy Crush.
Pre debate was 1.51.
Cameron must be very pleased with the way it has all played out.
Which one do you make hers? I've a tin ear for such things.
ComRes asked who's "most capable of leading the country" - judging by debate - Cameron 40%, Miliband 28%, Farage 10%, Clegg 4%
... apart from Nick Clegg.
Programme wrap-up still to come.
The Tories would not be happy.
Miliband will lose seats in Wales and Scotland, but as for The Greens, they have picked a charmless charisma free dud.
But I do find it astonishing how many of our political leaders seem to struggle with basic debating skills. Sturgeon is one of the few who bothered to learn her trade.