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  Who was your spy, Howard?
  
  Trying to be objective:
  - Gwyn was predicatable, reasonabley good humoured, generally well recieved and he came across as someone who clearly knew his stuff. Solid all round, good comprehensive knowledge on every subject raised.
  - Charlie came across as authoritative and like Gwyn seemed to have confidence in his arguments. His reception was more split - he either got grumbles or rounds of applause. He ate humble pie on the issue of port privatisation and won kudos for it. Charlie did particularly well when extolling the virtues of faith (but perhaps note the audience!) and protecting marriage.
  - John was very weak in most areas. His opening gambit was disconnected and incoherent (and you can prepare this beforehand), but people listened politely. When asked questions about Dover he clearly floundered (coz he ain't from around here) but he did better when talking about the national policies and the European Union. On moral issues he had little to add but on each occasion he was called last.
  
  No doubt Vic will disagree on the Europe thing, but the audience did seem majority pro European. Some complained about losing sovereignty, but other audience members shouted them down.
  
  In all, an enjoyable event for hacks, but ultimately unlikely to win over any floating voters.

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