article_snippet.sent: But Labour's leader is a perfectly capable debater.
article_snippet.sent: Labour's leader could only gain from their confrontation.
article_snippet.sent: As it is, election time media exposure has already seen challenger Ed Miliband's ratings as a leader improve.
article_snippet.sent: Back in the 2010 UK election debates
article_snippet.sent: Then the two main party leaders frequently found the two main party leaders parroting "I agree with Nick.
article_snippet.sent: By entering a coalition government with Cameron (in which the Lib Dems' insistence on raising the tax threshold for the lower paid has been a key element in increasing employment and economic recovery), Clegg of the Liberal Democrats surrendered the Lib Dems' previous ability to pick up protest votes.
article_snippet.sent: Clegg and The United Kingdom Independence Party have paid a heavy price for the compromises made in government, notably on student tuition fees.
article_snippet.sent: But UKIP, more than any of the others, is a personal vehicle for UKIP leader and the debate was crucial for UKIP, more than any of the others.
article_snippet.sent: Grinning Farage's blokey saloon bar manner goes down well with studio audiences and Clegg of the Liberal Democrats kept the focus on immigration.
article_snippet.sent: Farage has always traded on the outer edge of political civilities and by insisting in the debate that immigrants were responsible for 60% of HIV cases Clegg of the Liberal Democrats earned condemnation from other leaders.
article_snippet.sent: On social media, dominated by the young, that earned Clegg of the Liberal Democrats the maximum boo count.