Brown
This was the Gordon Brown we all know, which is fine. And indeed it would have been better than fine if he was debating against the David Cameron we all know. But he wasn't...
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Cameron
Stayed within himself, like he was aware of what he was doing the whole time. Rarely got into what might be described as top gear. He got caught in the middle sometimes. Stories were poor generally and the overall narrative trite. He seemed too often to be the least substantial of the three.
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Clegg
How good was he? By half-way through the first question both Brown and Cameron had tried to agree with him, almost fawning over him. They sensed it was game on from the beginning.
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