Posted by Matt | Posted in Politics | Posted on 18-04-2010
Tags: election debate, Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, opinion polls
Following the first televised election debate between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg, in which the latter was rated the best by viewers, the Liberal Democrats have seen a huge increase in their opinion poll ratings. One poll even has them in first place.
What does this say about UK politics that as soon as a party, other than the big two – Labour and Conservative – gets some decent airtime, people suddenly take notice? Due to our first-past-the-post electoral system and the adversarial nature of the House of Commons, invariably the focus is on the government of the day and the official opposition. Read the rest of this entry »
