BEFORE the leaders debate started tonight I was considering writing a blog asking whether anyone else was starting to suffer from election fatigue. With the wall to wall coverage online, on TV, on radio and in the papers I was starting to get a bit bored. Tonight's event - the first ever televised debate between leaders of the three main political parties - was not the damp squid it might have been and has slightly changed my mind.It was interesting to hear what the leaders had to say about their policies, even if parts did sound very rehearsed and scripted. The 72 rules didn't seem too restrictive and the audience even chuckled at Gordon Browns poke at David Cameron and the Lord Ashcroft campaign funding affair.
Cameron started off looking rather nervous with a red flush round his neck compared to the confident Nick Clegg. It seems as though Clegg certainly came off the best, being constantly referenced by Brown and Cameron. But will the debates have made any difference to how the public vote? The Lib Dems may have gained a couple of votes but Cameron and Brown did nowhere near enough to make a dramatic difference. But if anything we have a new cross-party catchphrase 'I agree with Nick'.
It is certain that the debate will be analysed and picked over for at least the next 24 hour news cycle. So maybe that election fatigue may just try and kick in again.
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