The First Election Debate

Just watched the first election debate on ITV1 in it's entirity. To be quite frank, I was absolutely disgusted by the format of the show generally speaking but more specifcally with Alistair Steward's performace. As far as I am concerned, he totally disgraced himself on a professional basis tonight with his shambolic and aggressive chairing skills, interrupting unnecessarily at key moments mid sentences and shouting out Brown, Cameron and Glegg's names like a possessed fool and single handedly ruined my viewing experience.

Adopting the elegant style and format of US presidential debates (which incidentally works beautifully in the US ) to British politics does not translate favourably primarily due to cultural differences. The first televised election debate bewteen the 3 main party leaders though historic and much welcomed, was as weak as an impotent mans 12 inch penis - showing promise on preview but failing to deliver in the theatre. I was genuinely bored to my armpits 10 minutes in.

I love politics for the drama, passion and entertainment value and not necessarily for either party's politics and policies because as far as I am concerned they are all the same - Liars and Cheats who consistently fail to listen to the electorate who put them in power.

Shame on the 3 main party leaders for not having the balls to take part in a real head to head debate with themselves as well a studio audience. Taking into considerdation what they have put as through over the last view years with illegal wars and more recently with the economic crisis, mp's expensis and overal disgraceful behavior of politicians, the least they could have done was to submit to a "no holds barred" real debate.To sum up in the words of Nick Glegg tonight, "they got away scott free"