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[Mr. Sam]

Change! Take a drink. Change! Take another. Greece! And another.

 

[broadwayrock]

Very echoey. Makes it seem like a sermon.

 

[Raydeen]

All that magenta and blue - I think the Dr Who production team lit this.

 

[Empty]

cameron going on the attack against the lib dems' euro position fast.

 

[JonathanEx]

Hot girl in audience alert.

Top Gear be damned.

 

[Nert]

The Economist is a good magazine, and as a reader of it I applaud much of the stuff it has, however I object to this, it shouldn't take a side at all, but rather analyse and comment, the Tory's have enough propaganda. Either way, if they DID back someone I knew it'd be the Tories, since the Economist believes wholeheartedly in the market being able to solve nearly everything given the chance, and the tories being the most Privatisation/market friendly party traditionally. Though if the mag's Liberal, surely they should support the Lib Dems? Contradiction much?

Edit: Looking at the comments below the article, it seems much of their readership disagrees with them.

They endorse candidates in major elections pretty often (which shouldn't matter in the sense that they pretty clearly differentiate between their opinion columns/"leaders" in the magazine and the rest of their reporting), so I wouldn't call it propaganda. They also point out many of the flaws they see the Tories as having, so it's not really a ringing endorsement so much as a "well, I guess this is the best we have" sentiment.

If you read their justification for the opinion, they actually say that they wish there was a more "liberal" party in Britain (in the sense that supports both free market ideology and civil liberties) along the lines of Germany's Free Democrats, and that they don't see the Liberal Democrats as solidly taking on that roll.

Granted, I don't really "agree" with their endorsement (particularly the brief way in which they attacked the idea of spending less money on the nuclear deterrent), but their internal logic seems to be very consistent.

 

[Chinner]

Brown looks weird.

 

[DECK'ARD]

When the backs collapse?

 

[Mecha_Infantry]

Brown joke!

 

[Hot Coldman]

Yes, Brown, you do fuck up. Too often, mind.

 

[Wes]

Brown deals with it straight away. That was well done.

Bad idea to show his crumpled papers over the top of the stand.

 

[JonathanEx]

Change! Take a drink. Change! Take another. Greece! And another.

I'm playing with The Times bingo card and the Bullshit Bingo from MTuckerNo10's blog.

3 hit on the first, 1 on the second.

 

[defel]

That was a strong opening statement from Brown imo

 

[Mr. Sam]

Spending coots, like.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Spending coots, like.

Cooties!

 

[jamieson87]

Best set design yet.

 

[Gary Whitta]

You know this is not an American debate when someone freely admits that taxes have to go up.

 

[Chinner]

my smelly flatmate is in my room watching the debate and my bed is going to fucking stin.

yes, hes that smelly.

 

[Varion]

Wasn't all that impressed with Clegg's answer there, didn't the guy ask about spending cuts? Yet Clegg only addresed savings.

 

[DECK'ARD]

Brown is in "RARRRR" mode.

If there's an argument on stage he's going to punch someone.

 

[Hot Coldman]

my smelly flatmate is in my room watching the debate and my bed is going to fucking stin.

yes, hes that smelly.

Here's the real news folks.

 

[JonathanEx]

Brown's looking good on this one. Cameron's also dodging a bit and a bit shitty answers.

 

[Varion]

"Efficiency savings" "Jobs tax"

Cameron's so predictable.

 

[JonathanEx]

Bingo update: Jobs Tax and Double Dip!

 

[DECK'ARD]

Dimbleby is so much better at this.

God bless the BBC.

 

[Mr. Sam]

Brown is in "RARRRR" mode.

If there's an argument on stage he's going to punch someone.

Genuinely was hoping a brawl would break out.

Clegg's self-depricating. Drink.

 

[painey]

watch out for John Wilkes Booth on those balconies

 

[Empty]

this is a really gimmicky suggestion by clegg.

 

[Chinner]

Here's the real news folks.

hes smells so bad that i'm actually going to have ot change my bed sheet.

 

[Wes]

Brown's looking good on this one. Cameron's also dodging a bit and a bit shitty answers.

Brown was always going to win the Economy debate. The question is how well he does in relation to the other two. They have to hang on to his coat tails in the first 45 minutes.

 

[Mr. Sam]

I think Brown's been advised to lay off the Lib Dems. Time will tell.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Clegg's got black hole fever.

 

[Mecha_Infantry]

lol Big D looked worried there! Brown is a money/figures man, this is his field

 

[Gary Whitta]

Dimbleby is so much better at this.

God bless the BBC.

ITV and Sky are for mindless and saucy entertainment, Auntie is where you go for proper grown-up stuff.

 

[dakster]

Brown on the constant attack against the Tories, in bed with the libs already.

 

[DECK'ARD]

Stop repeating the same old lines Cameron.

Jesus.

 

[JonathanEx]

As a debate, they just talk to the camera. It's not a debate at all, it's a series of statements.

 

[Mr. Luchador]

They could cause a civil war and say they'll cut the free higher education and prescriptions Scotland and Wales get off the rest of the UK's back.

Brown on the constant attack against the Tories, in bed with the libs already.

Brown's already let Clegg borrow a tie.

 

[Mr. Sam]

They're spending all our money on leaflets. Pricks.

 

[painey]

Stop repeating the same old lines Cameron.

Jesus.

b-b-b-but jobs tax!

 

[Hot Coldman]

Oh shit Corus shoutout! Local industry reprahsent!

 

[Wes]

David this

David that

DAVID DAVID DAVID

 

[defel]

Yet again its Keynes vs the world.

 

[Wes]

HAHA @ BROWN'S GRIN

 

[Gary Whitta]

I have to be honest, I am no fan of Brown and he's made some mistakes but I still would trust the UK economy more in his hands than with either of these two chinless wonders.

 

[Mr. Sam]

Brown's satanic smile emerges.

Point-scoring! Down a bottle.

 

[Mr. Luchador]

Don't think the BBC thought the acoustics out with this set.

 

[Chinner]

Don't think the BBC thought the acoustics out with this set.

it's a big building.

 

[Mr. Sam]

Four year plan!? What Stalinist evil is this?

 

[Wes]

I have to be honest, I am no fan of Brown and he's made some mistakes but I still would trust the UK economy more in his hands than with either of these two chinless wonders.

Cable >>>>> Brown > Others.