article_snippet.sent: Between David Cameron of the Conservatives, Ed Miliband of Labour, Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats, Nigel Farage of the United Kingdom Independence Party, Natalie Bennett of the Green Party, Nicola Sturgeon of the Scottish National Party and Leanne Wood of Plaid Cymru, the Welsh Nationalists, there really was no clear winner.
article_snippet.sent: Comres for ITV, which staged the debate, had David Cameron, challenger Ed Miliband and Farage tied first with 21% and Sturgeon close behind on 20%.
article_snippet.sent: ICM for The Guardian scored ICM for The Guardian Miliband 25, Cameron 24, Farage 19 and Sturgeon 17.
article_snippet.sent: YouGov for The Times put Sturgeon first with 28 points to 20 for Farage, 18 for David Cameron and only 15 for challenger Ed Miliband.
article_snippet.sent: An oddity of the Seven Up debate was that many who viewed it will have no chance of voting for two of the leaders involved, Sturgeon of the Scottish National Party and Wood of Plaid Cymru.
article_snippet.sent: But Sturgeon's high score in the post-debate polls was significant.
article_snippet.sent: Sturgeon was sharp and sassy.
article_snippet.sent: If there was a "winner" in the debate there was a "winner" in the debate was Nicola Sturgeon.
article_snippet.sent: the clear victor was Clegg of the Liberal Democrats.
article_snippet.sent: Clegg of the Liberal Democrats debate performance was as good as any of the two main party leaders but no poll gave Clegg of the Liberal Democrats a rating of better than 10%.
article_snippet.sent: In social media and studio focus groups there were plenty of plaudits for the Greens and even for Plaid Cymru's Wood but Clegg of the Liberal Democrats got hardly a mention.