"Sweating like Vegas Elvis on a squash court" or Liveblogging the Brits part 2.

In the last week, Nick Clegg, of the Liberal Democrats, went from leader of the third party to the leader of the tied for first(for the first time in 104 years!!!)party, to being unfairly demonized by the Daily Mail party. Shock.

Any, in about two minutes Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg slug it out over foreign policy. Perhaps there will be a tea break in about half and hour. We’re just not quite sure.

3:00- Brown starts it out. Nothing to write, nothing.
3:02- Cameron wants to help families. Great foreign policy talking point. Just great.
3:04- Clegg sounds nervous. Goes for Iraq. And wants Britain to lead in Europe.
3:05- Starting audience questions. No advantage to Europe? Cameron is looking very confident.
Clegg is correct in his analysis of Europe, I fear the public don’t like this answer, however. Brown mentions America! Twice! Good man.
3:10- Cameron is attempting to distance himself and lump the Lib-Dems and Labour together.
3:13- BAM!!! Clegg brings up the fact that the Tories have joined together with European ‘nutters.’ “I’m afraid David is anti- European and Nick is anti-American…” Really Gordon?
3:15- New Question- Would be participate in a new multi-lateral military mission? With this question context is everything. ‘It depends” is the only answer any of them should give.
3:18- Brown is taking quite a hawish point of view. Emulating Blair only works when you’re talking about pre-2003 Blair.
3:20- The way Brown says Detroit is amusing. Like
Dee-trot.
3:21- I hate to admit it, but thus far, Cameron is do very well.
3.25- Onto Trident. This sounds a bit like Star Wars. The defense system, nerds.
3:26- New question, what are you doing to tackle climate change? To quote Barack Obama, “We Can’t Solve Global Warming Because I Fucking Changed Light Bulbs In My House”
3:29- Brown is super on point on this topic. The awful weather of Scotland is great weather of renewable energy sources.
3:31- Cameron just talked about a “Green New Deal.” Don’t bastardize FDR to score political points you don’t even believe in, posh boy.
3:34- Brown keeps calling Clegg anti-American. Clegg did graduate work in Minnesota and then lived in New York. Gordon looks uncomfortable outside of Kirkcaldy.
3:36- New question, will you tell off the pope?
3:38- Clegg starts out his answer by stating, “I’m not a man of faith…” and then going on to talk about his wife’s Catholicism. Things that would not happen in America.
3:40- Cameron is super uncomfortable with this topic. Brown, the son of a Presbyterian minister, knows how to answer this best.
3:43- New question, how do you restore faith in political system? I thought this was a foreign affairs debate.
3:46- So bored.
3:47- Clegg seems to be flirting with the woman who just questioned him. Awesome.
3:59- Cameron just said it was wrong to be frightening people in an election campaign, much like his own party has been doing the last 2 days.
4:05-New question about coalition government- Cameron doesn’t think a hung parliament is “good for Britain.” One thing we do know, It’s not good for David Cameron.
4:20 Daily Mail fodder!
4:26- Final pitches. Brown- It’s like he’s reading off of a class outline.
Cameron- Brown is desperate. Also, if you don’t vote Tory I’m done in politics.
Clegg- Different, shape the world, etc, etc, etc…

Cameron and Brown certainly had better performances this time than last, Clegg started rocky but got better quickly. The polls should be interesting.