Picking over prime ministerial debate II

Release Date 23 Apr, 2010 in BBC News

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Smear allegations fly after inconclusive debate Financial Times - Kiran Stacey - 23 Apr, 2010 The Conservative party was defending itself on Friday morning against further allegations that it was orchestrating a smear campaign against the Liberal Democrats. Nick Clegg, the Lib Dem leader, whose strong performance in the first ...
	General Election 2010: Tories urge Gordon Brown to apologise over leaflet 'lies' Telegraph.co.uk - 23 Apr, 2010 Tory frontbencher Michael Gove has called on the Prime Minister to rebuke Labour MPs and ministers who had spread "fear and smears" about Conservative policies in their election leaflets. He urged Gordon Brown to apologise to those voters who had been ...
	Election debate TV ratings: 4m watch leaders' tussle The Guardian - 23 Apr, 2010 Election debate: Sky TV's Adam Boulton poses the questions to (from left) David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Gordon Brown. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA The second leaders' debate had a live audience of 4 million viewers across Sky News, BBC News Channel ...
	TV debate was good, says Tory leader David Cameron BBC News - 23 Apr, 2010 Conservative leader David Cameron has said he enjoyed taking part in the second prime ministerial debate, which took place in Bristol on Thursday night. In the Sky News debate, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg clashed over Europe, ...
	General Election 2010 second leaders' TV debate: Telegraph jury's verdict Telegraph.co.uk - Jules Watson - 23 Apr, 2010 "All were strong at different points. Clegg's experience with Europe was convincing, but nuclear power and Trident was his undoing. Brown was stronger this week, especially with his experience on Afghanistan. Cameron was strong at the coalition ...
	Polly Hudson's Leaders Debate verdict: Was David Cameron's tie sponsored by ... Mirror.co.uk - Polly Hudson - 23 Apr, 2010 Remember in the last debate when Gordon Brown thanked David Cameron for all the posters of him smiling, and Cameron looked like he might actually be sick? I was hoping for another, if not many, IN YOUR FACE, DAVE moments. ...
live blog Clegg v Brown v Cameron Economist (blog) - 23 Apr, 2010 22:09 HERE are two reasons why Clegg won tonight. First, he doesn't have to win, to win: he just has to persuade people that he deserves the parity this forum gives him, and relatedly that there is a real three-way choice at the election. He did. ...
Leaders' debate: did we learn anything new? Telegraph.co.uk (blog) - Mary Riddell - 23 Apr, 2010 Good job it's only a three-parter. I'm not sure that we learned much from the second leaders' debate, except that they're all at their best when at their worst. David Cameron's dog whistle ...
Sky TV Leaders' Debate: Will David Cameron's performance be enough to stop ... Telegraph.co.uk (blog) - Toby Young - 23 Apr, 2010 I watched the debate at the BBC's Millbank studio yesterday, along with Gyles Brandreth, Arlene Phillips and Gurinder Chadha. Our reaction to it was filmed and edited highlights were then included ...
	Leaders Debate: Body language expert Prof Geoff Beattie on round two Mirror.co.uk - Geoff Beattie - 23 Apr, 2010 It was very different from last week when Nick Clegg had been able to outmanoeuvre the other two. There seemed to be a struggle for dominance between him and David Cameron. Clegg kept trying to interrupt Cameron but he ...
not much to choose in principle, just a matter of emphasis Telegraph.co.uk - Michael Clarke - 23 Apr, 2010 Seeing the effects of personal style on the outcome of last week's debate, all three leaders tried to put their personality into the defence and security tussle; not an easy thing to do when trying to be a world figure. By Michael Clarke As expected, ...
	Picking over prime ministerial debate II BBC News - Finlo Rohrer - 23 Apr, 2010 The first televised prime ministerial debate was watched by 9.4 million people leading to real anticipation before the sequel. The leaders clashed over their respective policies on Europe, immigration, foreign affairs, pensions and MPs' ...
TV Debate: Clegg And Cameron Neck And Neck Sky News - Graham Fitzgerald - 23 Apr, 2010 Nick Clegg and David Cameron have emerged as the joint winners of the second Leaders' Debate in Sky News' poll of polls. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from the Adobe download website. ...
General Election 2010: how should David Cameron win the debate on the economy? Telegraph.co.uk - Kamal Ahmed - 23 Apr, 2010 Looking at this morning's coverage of the televised leadership debate last night it is clear that David Cameron made a rather better fist of it than his first effort a week ago. By Kamal Ahmed More speaking directly to the camera and therefore the ...
	Adam Boulton, Sky News political editor Sky News - 23 Apr, 2010 The Sky News Leaders' Debate has set the scene for an even tighter race between the three main party leaders. The historic second debate in Bristol made for compelling viewing. David Cameron and Gordon Brown upped their games. ...
	In pictures: Bristol stops for general election debate BBC News - 23 Apr, 2010 The world's media descended on Bristol on Thursday for the second of three election debates between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg. Police left nothing to chance with boats patrolling the harbourside next to the Arnolfini where the debate ...
Election 2010: Latest news: Election 2010: David Cameron overshadowed by Nick ... Scottish Daily Record - Magnus Gardham - 23 Apr, 2010 DAVID Cameron came a cropper again on live TV last night - throwing the Tories floundering campaign into more disarray. In the second leaders' debate, he again failed to land a killer blow on his new rival, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg. ...
Leaders Clash At Historic Sky News Debate Sky News - Ruth Barnett - 23 Apr, 2010 Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg have gone head-to-head at the Sky News Leaders' Debate. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from the Adobe download website. ...
	General Election 2010: Nick Clegg flew economy but took business-class fares ... Daily Mail - James Chapman - 23 Apr, 2010 Nick Clegg has admitted taking expenses for business-class air travel while actually flying economy as a member of the European Parliament. The Liberal Democrat leader used the budget airline BMI Baby to fly between Brussels and the UK ...
	Second leaders' debate: Fighting talk fails to convince former servicemen The Guardian - 23 Apr, 2010 Bristol fashion: Gordon Brown appears on a giant screen erected in Bristol, the venue for the second televised leaders' debate. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images At the end of the debate three former servicemen �" a sailor, a soldier and a Gurkha ...
	Backlash at Tory papers' smears against Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg Mirror.co.uk - Bob Roberts - 23 Apr, 2010 The Lib Dem leader found himself vilified by the so-called attack dogs of the right-wing press yesterday. In one paper he was labelled a Nazi. In another was a banner headline "Clegg on his Face" after he questioned the ...
	General Election 2010: Paralysed by rift in Tory war cabinet Daily Mail - Andrew Pierce - 23 Apr, 2010 The Tory election machine may be the best-oiled in decades with an £18 million war chest. But in its first serious test - managing the public reaction to Nick Clegg's victory in the first TV talent show that masquerades as the leaders' ...
	Rub-A-Dub-Snub! Are Leaders Scrubbing Up? Sky News - Mark Penn - 23 Apr, 2010 If the first election debate spawned a new political catchphrase - "I agree with Nick" - the second debate in Bristol saw the line abandoned. Splash of humour! But did Gordon Brown's bath tub jibe improve his image? ...
Leaders' debate: maintaining Britain's place at world's top table was leaders ... Telegraph.co.uk - Damien McElroy - 23 Apr, 2010 None of the leaders on the stage last night was willing to put it so crudely but the challenge facing the next prime minister is how to maintain Britain's place at the top table of world affairs. By Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent Bristol ...
	Clegg's policies attacked in debate Irish Times - Mark Hennessey - 23 Apr, 2010 Adam Boulton, foreground, mediates with Conservative leader David Cameron (left) Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg (centre) and British prime minister Gordon Brown during the second live leaders' election debate last night. Rousseau/PA Wire Liberal ...
Cameron performed better last night. But the subjects that matter were brushed ... Telegraph.co.uk (blog) - Norman Tebbit - 23 Apr, 2010 At least I did not nod off so much during the second Great TV Debate last night, and there can be no doubt that David Cameron put on a much better performance than last week. ...
General election 2010 live blog The Guardian (blog) - 23 Apr, 2010 10.28am: The debate viewing figures for last night are in �" a live audience of 4 million viewers across Sky News, BBC News channel and Sky3, which is a huge audience for digital-only channels. 10.26am: Brown is in Westminster at the Labour party ...
	Gordon Brown relies on notes for leaders' debate jokes Telegraph.co.uk - Rosa Prince - 23 Apr, 2010 It was the most clunking joke of the debate �" and Gordon Brown's notes show that his gag about his rival behaving like his sons was prepared well in advance. By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent The reference to “Nick” and “David” squabbling like ...
	How outsider threw UK election race wide open CNN International - Robin Oakley - 23 Apr, 2010 London, England (CNN) -- By triumphing in the first ever British TV leaders' debate, Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg has sent an electrical charge through the UK general election. But while Britain seems to be ...
	Sky leaders' debate: Cranking up the spin machine The Guardian - 23 Apr, 2010 David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Gordon Brown in the debate. After the event, briefers for each party spoke to journalists in the 'spin room'. Photograph: Getty Images Learning from last week, where they arrived in the "spin room" late, Tory briefers in ...