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Did Nick Clegg get his first “debate dividend”?

Did Nick Clegg get his first “debate dividend”?

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What’ll be the consequences in the marginals? Did I miss the glaringly obvious when I wrote that I did not know what had caused the 3% boost for the Lib Dems in the overnight YouGov daily poll for the Sun? For the reason was plain to see as Mike L commented on the previous thread: “Last night’s news was dominated by the announcement of the Leader Debates – Clegg was side by side on split screen with Brown and Cameron…

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So the debates are happening

So the debates are happening

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Will these dominate everything? Much to my surprise, I must admit, agreement has been reached on the TV debates which will, surely, become the defining moments in the campaign. The terms seem a lot less restrictive than I was expecting and ICM is going to play a key role in selecting the audiences. In the end it won’t be how the three perform – but the perceptions that viewers get about their characters and personalities. So in the 2008 White…

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