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  MRP yes the debates have changed things, but also so has the role the leader plays generally in all this. It has become almost presidential like the US. Years ago people may have basically voted for the policies, or their local MP, or whathaveyou, but in recent times the personality of the leader has come hugely into play.
  
  You can see this with Gordon Brown. No matter what he did, and he was quite good in the leadership debates, but no matter what he did and what Labour stood for, the people out there just wanted to be rid of him for good. His personality ruled the outcome above all else. Even his own party recognised this beforehand and he was airbrushed out of election lierature and so on. He generally fought a good campaign, apart from that one voter incident, but even if he gave away free money, he was destined somehow to head straight into the pages of history. No matter what he did or what he promised he just wasnt going to win....and Labour paid the price.

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