Election Debates
Tommy Tonner
Tonner: Gillard wins Australian leaders’ debate
Judge: Tommy Tonner Winner: Julia Gillard Scores: Gillard 80 | Abbott 74 Reasons: The introductory speeches from Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott set the tone for the debate. Neither was absolutely convincing nor inspiring. Ms Gillard was quite engaging and clear, on subjects such as plans for debt reduction, renewables and broadband. Mr Abbot was hyper-critical … Continue reading
Election Debates’ verdict: Clegg wins third UK leaders’ debate
Election Debates’ seven-member adjudication panel has give the third UK leaders’ debate to Nick Clegg in a split decision. Three judges gave the debate to Nick Clegg, two to David Cameron and two to Gordon Brown. There was less division about the loser – five judges had Brown last. View the debate here (courtesy of … Continue reading
Election Debates’ verdict: Brown wins second UK Leaders’ Debate
Election Debates’ seven-person panel declares Gordon Brown the winner of the second leaders’ debate in a split decision. Five members of the panel gave the debate to Brown, while two judges gave the debate to Nick Clegg. No one gave the debate to David Cameron. Moreover, six of the judges thought that Cameron was the … Continue reading
Election Debates’ verdict: no clear winner, but a clear loser in the first UK leaders’ debate
Six Election Debate experts split the first UK leaders’ debate of the 2010 General Election 3-3 to Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg. No one gave the debate to David Cameron. While there was no clear winner, there was a clear loser with four of the six judges identifying Cameron as the wooden spooner. Watch the … Continue reading
Tonner: Brown wins first UK leaders’ debate
Judge: Tommy Tonner Winner: Gordon Brown Scores: Brown 80 | Cameron 76 | Clegg 72 The debate commenced with opening statements, Clegg was anodyne, Cameron looking nervous made a number of strange points notably equating his persona as leader of a conservative party with an Etonian background with radical change. Brown looking surprisingly comfortable made … Continue reading
Election Debates’ experts on the UK debate rules
We asked Election Debate experts for some brief observations about the 76-point plan for UK leader debates, agreed by parties and producers earlier this week. Read the 76-point programme format here. Tommy Tonner: This is a ridiculous format which tries badly to import a presidential style debate into a parliamentary system. Two main objections, the … Continue reading
Palin wins vice presidential debate: Tonner
Judge: Tommy Tonner Winner: Palin Scores: Palin 78 | Biden 77 Reasons: It is a tricky debate to judge when one party has a better (or at least wider) grasp of the issues at hand but has presentational difficulties whereas the less knowledgable party presents their more limited case in an effective manner. Biden’s strength lay in his ability … Continue reading
