It was the Sun what won it (oops maybe not)

[centurian]

I wonder how many of those have changed their minds because of what they saw in the debates, and how many have changed their minds because of all the media coverage saying Nick Clegg won? I suspect the majority fall into the later camp, and probably didn't even watch the debate.

You could be right - in fact you probably are...

But the end result is the same - bad news for DC

[MarillionFan]

I going to stick with who I was going to vote for before the TV debate.

Nick Griffin.

[TykeMerc]

I must admit that I find this Presidential type stuff pretty awful, it's just pandering to the celebrity culture obsessed state of the country and has bog all actual content.

If nothing else unless you're registered to vote in one of the 3 leaders constituencies then you can't vote for any of them.
At least in theory we're supposed to vote for a person to represent the interests of the area and not a Leader (glorious or otherwise) or even a political party.

[Fred Bloggs]

Lib-Lab pact mkII here we come.

[Pondlife]

Clegg + ????

Can't see gordo staying put if this happens. Nor can I see him sharing power with anyone.

[Fred Bloggs]

Clegg + ????

Can't see gordo staying put if this happens. Nor can I see him sharing power with anyone.

Trust me, if it's a choice of no power or sharing power, he will.

[SueEllen]

Trust me, if it's a choice of no power or sharing power, he will.

Locally amongst councillors and MPs, the Lib Dems will work with the Tories or Labour to get things done.

It will be interesting to see if they do on an national and international level especially as lots of Lib Dems have actually worked in the real world and not just for think tanks and trade unions.

[d000hg]

Well you know what they say - if all the people who wanted to vote LibDem but don't because they know they won't get in, voted LibDem, things would be very different.

[Pondlife]

Maybe they should start a facebook campaign.

Saying they will ban x-factor should do it.

[VectraMan]

Clegg + ????

Can't see gordo staying put if this happens. Nor can I see him sharing power with anyone.

Labour will still have a lot more seats than the Lib Dems, seemingly regardless of the popular vote. In the event of a Lib-Lab pact, it certainly won't be a 50/50 power share. It'll Brown as PM, Balls as Chancellor, and maybe Clegg and Cable will get relatively minor ministerial positions (I guess Clegg could even be Deputy PM - a bit of a booby prize really). You can see the LibDems agreeing to that as it's the closest to government they're ever going to get.

I think there's a good chance a significant portion of people saying they'll vote LibDem will panic about a hung parliment still lead by Brown, and vote Tory on the day.