The Battle for Number 10 - NOT A Live Debate - Cameron vs Miliband - 9PM KO

[edge]

Thought it was pretty even, but can see Ed being the more happy he came across very well with the public and the last few questions with Paxman were handled well.

 

[GwladysBlue]

The Tory media spinning it as a Cameron victory.

 

[edge]

The Tory media spinning it as a Cameron victory.

Theres a shock, you could tell on the news, question time directly afterwards the Tories were rattled, with one after another talking over the labour speaker, trying to get away from it.

 

[GwladysBlue]

Theres a shock, you could tell on the news, question time directly afterwards the Tories were rattled, with one after another talking over the labour speaker, trying to get away from it.

The Daily Mirror put it more accurately:

"Red-blooded Ed comes out all guns blazing as rattled Cameron suffers TV mauling from Paxman"

 

[edge]

The Daily Mirror put it more accurately:

"Red-blooded Ed comes out all guns blazing as rattled Cameron suffers TV mauling from Paxman"

The more important bit of the guardian poll was,out of those who said they may change their minds on which way to vote, 56 per cent said they could move to Labour against just 30 per cent for the Conservatives.
If the Tories think that's a win good luck to them

 

[flibbyflob]

Wasn't impressed by either, quite depressing really when they are the leaders of the two main parties and both are idiots.

 

[ijjysmith]

Wasn't impressed by either, quite depressing really when they are the leaders of the two main parties and both are idiots.

Isn't that always the way?

 

[cosmo]

Paxman made them both look like wallys, I'm shocked Cameron would rather go up against Paxman than a head to head with Millibland

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

Paxman made them both look like wallys, I'm shocked Cameron would rather go up against Paxman than a head to head with Millibland

Was probably expecting an easy ride like when his own lot 'ask him questions' at pmq's... designed for backslapping and self congratulatory smugness.
Can't help thinking that because he did so badly is why Paxman & in particular Burley did their level best to belittle Miliband.

The questions asked by the audience to Cameron were asked by folk about issues that have directly impacted on them negatively, like the copper who was asking about Police cuts, all Cameron did was tell him that it was right what they'd done & there'd be more of the same, so hardly giving the answers that the questioners were wanting to hear. On q's about benefits and the struggle he said there'd be a freeze & in fact more cuts to housing benefit.
Throughout those questions he seemed to tell folk that are up in arms about stuff that there'd be more of the same.

It matters not to them though as it's all stuff that affects folks in working class & predominantly Labour voting areas, places where he stands little or no chance of getting in anyway, the worry for labour in those places is that a far worse kind of Tory...ukip, is appealing to the affected folks by going about things in a whole different manner by in the main blaming everything on johnny foreigner.... it's these seats that labour lose that'll be the swing in this election & then the tories will welcome back their far right to cosy up again.

 

[Joey66]

Paxman made them both look like wallys, I'm shocked Cameron would rather go up against Paxman than a head to head with Millibland

DC is a big head - alright at PMQS as he never answers a question it's virtually scripted for him,he uses the same retric over ,and over again!
Last night he was rattled from the off - how they made out he won was laughable imo EM edged it as he got applause as he cast paxman aside far better than DC -. The Tory press have made EM a useless geek for five years were left clutching straws last night- if it was a head to head debate DC would have been hammered not a good debater with his cronies stood behind him in parliament!

 

[The Mighty Quint]

The Tory media spinning it as a Cameron victory.

Anyone who watched that last night could not come to that conclusion, social media, full of the general public, it was a definite 1-0 to Milliband and that's all that counts in the end, the Tory rags can spin what they like.

 

[The Mighty Quint]

DC is a big head - alright at PMQS as he never answers a question it's virtually scripted for him,he uses the same retric over ,and over again!
Last night he was rattled from the off - how they made out he won was laughable imo EM edged it as he got applause as he cast paxman aside far better than DC -. The Tory press have made EM a useless geek for five years were left clutching straws last night- if it was a head to head debate DC would have been hammered not a good debater with his cronies stood behind him in parliament!

He was doing it last night, spinning the same old lines like he was reading from a script, the majority of what he said I'd heard 20 times out of his mouth before.

 

[davids]

All fairly pointless, as the people with the real power in Whitehall,never need to seek a mandate.

 

[Steve0]

The 'are you ok' comment was pathetic. Paxman obviously couldn't handle Milliband fighting back and making a couple of cutting jokes at his expense so he had to pretend (to himself more than anything) that Ed was somehow 'suffering' from the 'mauling' he had just received.

 

[Dithering Dougie]

The 'are you ok' comment was pathetic. Paxman obviously couldn't handle Milliband fighting back and making a couple of cutting jokes at his expense so he had to pretend (to himself more than anything) that Ed was somehow 'suffering' from the 'mauling' he had just received.

Yeah it was an unnessary low blow said just at the right time to be heard and make Milliband look weak without being able to defend himself against it. It was a real shithouse dig from Paxman.