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  That this has been an extraordinary election is quite right, but that's not to say it's been good. It's all about presentation rather than policies and I find it rather worrying that so much emphasis is being put on the Sky News debates. I'd much rather less decide who was the best candidate for Prime Minister on how much make up they're wearing and how good they are at slagging each other off and concentrate on who offers the right way out of this huge hole in the economy, who's going to put right some huge social injustices and who will stand up for the rights of the British people in Brussels.
  
  All I'm seeing at the moment are three men who haven't the balls to tell it to us straight, who treat the complaints over bank bonuses and expenses scandals with contempt by sweeping them under the carpet, and who embrace the EU with varying degrees of open arms. There is precious little between them and the polls reflect that.
  
  I can't agree with Paul B's comment that it's been a good campaign for the Tories. It may be just me, but they seem to have blown a runaway lead in the polls since sometime late last year and failed to regain the ground lost. If all David Cameron has to offer is boyish charm and policies he steadfastly refuses to be specific about then frankly he doesn't warrant support. Gordon Brown looks to be all at sea against what can best be viewed as mediocre opposition and Nick Clegg falls into the same category as David Cameron. The Sky News debates have turned this into a quasi-American election campaign focussing on the three main men, and it's a development that is flawed. It just draws more attention to image rather than substance.

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