Did Cameron lose the election for the Tories last night?

[Gromit]

The Tories need the biggest swing vote for 80 years, and they need to win marginal seats.

There are 20 key Tory/LibDem marginals. On last night's performance, the LibDems are polling 14 points higher than yesterday, just one behind the Conservatives. If the Tories fail to win most of these marginals, the Tories will not win at the election. A poll yesterday, before the debate found they would not win any.

But, they have the dilemma that they cannot attack Clegg too strong in the next debates, because they might need him to form a coalition.

A new dawn in British politics, or another false dawn?

[Old_Geezer]

You mean someone watched it ? You'll only encourage them.

[R1Geezer]

Listset Clegg would sell his grany to the Taliban for a hunior ministership. No need for the gloves to stay on. Wait till May the 7th, Clegg will still be in obscurity.

[kestrelg]

I really am an old geezer and yes I watched the whole programme. all three were predictable and none really answered the questions to the manner they were asked.
All in all GB came out better than I expected, DC did nothing at all to impress ( I think he may be for redundancy) and NC could not lose. Everything with the Lib Dems is pure supposition they have never done anything and probably will never have to.
By the way check out NC's personnel details he comes from a lot of european aristocracy how he got a good Yorkshire name like Clegg is a mystery

[rov1200]

I'm surprised the Tories have not come out with the slogan 'Vote Liberal, get Brown'. This was even more evident after last nights debate where Brown seemed to spend a lot of time cosying up to Clegg. So although Brown will have the lowest number of seats in the next parliament he will carry on. I thought Ted Heath had tried to do this a few years back but it came unstuck.

Do we really want to be led by a minority government?

[rov1200]

Some thoughts about a hung parliament and the civil servants are already preparing for such an outcome

http://bp-pa.blogspot...-hung-parliament.html

[Gromit]

rov1200

That nearly always happens. In 2005:
9,562,122 voted for Labour
14,754,742 voted against Labour

[modeller]

What didn't come out in the debate is just how close the LibDems wish to be ever closer to Europe. They are great Europhiles but are trying to keep quiet about it at the moment because they know the British people are sick and tired our life style being dictated by the EU .They believe in closer co-operation with the EU and were not in favour of us having a referendum.

[sambro]

i think they may have clawed a few votes back today, what, with gary barlow on stage with him, lol

[New Judge]

Anyone who has their voting intentions swayed by an orchestrated charade on the telly does not deserve to have a vote at all.

Voters should take no notice of what any of the parties or their leaders say they are going to do, whether on a live "debate" or anywhere else. They rarely if ever do what they say they will do when elected.

A better gauge would be to consider what they have done when in power and try to determine what sort of regime you would prefer to live under.

[Gromit]

I whole heartedly agree with you NJ. My question was trying to be a trifle provocative.

It was, in esence, what difference has this ephemera, LibDem resurgance made to the status quo of the two party system? So it is impossible to factor in the LibDems actions/record or intentions, because it is nearly a century since they had any power.

[dundurn]

As to how it might pan out you only have to cast your mind back to 1977 when David Steel's Liberals kept Jim Callaghan in No10 for about 15 months in the Lib Lab Pact.