The Metropolis

First ever TV leaders' debate

Darren Atwater | Friday 16 April, 2010 07:32

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Andrew Sullivan’s reaction to the leaders’ debate

The debate felt – how can I put this – like the fruit of a great chastening, as the Tories flee their Thatcherite past and Labour absorbs the legacy of a brutal recession, a divisive war and 13 years in power. My gut tells me this election will swing strongly toward the Tories in the final stretch. When a government has been in power for more than a decade and its central argument for re-election is fear of an untested opposition, it’s in trouble.

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