Who won the debate? It depends what paper you're reading...

We've now had time to digest and reflect on what we saw on TV the other night. To step back from the adrenaline-fuelled madness of the moment and soberly reflect. And I think you'll agree with me that the new Daleks looked RUBBISH. Like kitchen gadgets designed by Alessi, but with massive arses - I didn't know if they were going to destroy the earth, or grind some pepper onto my dinner. But in other news, people are still talking about the first televised election debate that aired on ITV1 last week.



It's estimated that just under 10 million of us watched the debate, and given the vastly different opinions given in the press, you'd be forgiven for thinking that they all watched a slightly different version of the debate - perhaps there was a directors cut, or they got a DVD with some extras on it - Alastair Stewart barking out a moderator's commentary, or a bonus feature on which mid-eighties gameshow they nicked the set from.

The Daily Mirror was one of the few that saw Brown as the winner - "David Cameron was left floundering... Brown repeatedly outsmarted him" further sticking in the boot with "Brown crushes naive David Cameron as kid Clegg shines." I quite like the name "Kid" Clegg, it makes him sound like a cowboy - the most wanted man in Sheffield Hallam. Clearly they don't have any love for Cameron - they also reveal how Dave has repeatedly dodged their questions - this time from a person dressed as a giant chicken (Paxman take note).

On the flipside it comes as no surprise that The Sun thinks David Cameron won the debates. Apparently their "SNAP POLL was the FASTEST full survey ever conducted in BRITAIN after it called a VERDICT just five MINUTES after the TV CLASH had ended." They claimed that 39% of people they polled said Cameron won, though that's actually a drop of 4% from before the debate. The Sun says the "Prime Sinister" looked "shifty, arrogant and bullying" whilst David Cameron is prefixed with the word DETERMINED and Nick Clegg is MUDDLED. Less shouty, but also owned by Rupert Murdoch, The Times had its own poll, which concluded that Nick Clegg won the debate - although out of those polled "more Tory supporters named Mr Clegg as the winner of the debate (52 per cent) than named their own leader (47 per cent)."



Clegg as victor in the first round seemed to be an opinion shared by a big section of the media. The Telegraph took time out from discussing how sexy Samantha Cameron is, how Miriam Clegg is fine with being described as attractive and intelligent and OH MY GOD LOOK AT SARAH BROWN'S FEET to talk about the debate - "Nick Clegg's star rises in great showdown" (back to the cowboy metaphors, I like it). The Guardian went with "Nick Clegg seizes his moment in the TV spotlight" whilst The Daily Mail talks of Clegg's "X Factor-style TV triumph". If that's the case, let's hope that for the next debate on Sky News this Thursday, Clegg picks an appropriate song. I suggest Animal (F*ck Like A Beast) by W.A.S.P