Leaders’ debate kicks off

Our Political Editor Gary Gibbon writes: Natalie Bennett was not surprisingly nervous and sounded clipped but got her message across. Nigel Farage started sweaty… I wonder what he’ll look like after two hours under these lights.

Nick Clegg looked pretty relaxed unchanged from the man who stood in the debates in 2010. In Tory rehearsals it’s been said Nick Clegg came across better than any of the other leaders, even after 5 years of being mutilated by opponents.

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