Third Leader's Debate - BBC 29th April

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In anticipation of tomorrow's TV debate, MN will be launching a fifth poll of Mumsnetter voting intentions as soon as the debate finishes. Can Cameron regain the ground he's lost? Will Clegg continue to build on his success following the first and second debates? We'll have to wait and see - but in the meantime, we've put together a handy table showing how your voting intentions and attitudes towards the party leaders have changed over the past four polls

Hmm - just confirms to me how 'lib-demmy' Mumsnet really is (compared to RL)...

Explains a lot about what happens on various threads etc really....

So who's watching tonight? Wonder how it'll compare to ITV and SKY's efforts.

i went off nick clegg during the eddie mair interview last night. i was listening and thinking 'oh no this guy's a nobbo, i do hope he turns out to be dave cameron'. but no, it was cleggy. flailed in the face of smash hits questions such as 'what are you bad at?' and 'when did you last cry?'

if he'd been asked what colour his underpants are i doubt he'd have known the answer.

I'll be watching. I'm strangely excited about it. I wish they'd allow the audience to clap, groan or whatever's appropriate though. Especially as this is the last one.

Sky's debate was way more showbizzy than ITV's wasn't it?

Clegg's only just finding his feet really.

cartoose he was really cringey. and i say this as a fan.

I missed that interview but questions such as "what are you bad at" are like standard job interview questions. If he can't get those answers right ... one wonders.

Weird how wildly different this poll is to all the others?

Are polls on chatrooms any easier to rig than the normal ones? Do they have any rules or guidelines?

Just imagining Nick Clegg frantically voting for himself on mumsnet in back of car

Wonder what his name is?

Or names?????

Ignoring sceptics (I expect the results reflect the demographics of mn, which may or may not represent the rest of society)

Bookmarking for later am looking forward to a good debate. (if I can stay awake)

"Just imagining Nick Clegg frantically voting for himself on mumsnet in back of car"

haha. And Sue will be frantically voting for Gordon to try and save her job

I've had a postal vote so I've done mine already. Hoping no one says anything that will make me change my mind tonight because its too late!!

Didn't hear the Eddie Mair interview but I've heard about it from friends. Bloody stupid questions though. The economy is going tits up; we are at war in Afghanistan, and all Mair wants to know is when was the last time NC cried. FFS.

i guess he thought that had been covered A Lot on the show, tbh. it was an interesting exercise, actually, bit like that scene in trainspotting when spud says 'ahm a bit oh ey PERFECTSHUNIST'.

My party will not be represented in the debate. I have already postal voted. Waste of time to watch.

LOL @ Aitch.

Shall be watching here tonight with mucho interest as for me, it's the crucial debate re the economy - given that we're skint as a nation.

I wonder if Brown's face will crack with all the fixed smiling?

Btw, watching only out of interest as I know who I shall be voting for on the day.

I caught the R4 interview y'day. I found it rather embarrassing.......his answers were truly awful to some of the q's.

when dod you last cry. and i'm thinking THE KIDS SAY THE KIDS but he wibbled on about music instead, then wouldn't say which piece made him cry just that 'if i had to name all the pieces of music i cry at, eddie, we'd be here all day'. lolol. wuss.

OK vital q following my balls up last week . What time does it start?

Aitch -i was thinking that too. You have a 1 yr old, say at his birth fgs.

I think the 'When did you last cry?' question was totally bizarre. The men I know don't seem to cry at all unless something truly dreadful happens. We're becoming too American, as concerned about personality and personal charisma as we are about ability, knowledge, commitment, integrity, energy and capacity for hard work. He might feel that's too private a question to broadcast on Radio 4. I certainly would. Equally, Gordon Brown's mutterings about the woman he met shouldn't affect the ratings of the Labour party. He's only human. We all moan about people we meet through work. Just not while we're radio miked.

I am now loathing the Lib Dems even more than I loathe Labour, and that is something. Ah well, I have always been a misfit, and I am now a misfit on MN as well. Still, who wants to follow the herd?

lol at the tory misfit. oh yeah.

Tonights debate will be very interesting Clegg will finally have to 'fess up how he's going to pay for all his crazy ideas. In the LD manifesto he thinks he is going to pay for the tax cuts by getting all the people who don't pay their taxes to pay their taxes...Good luck with that!

Brollyflower - it kicks off at 8.30 on BBC1 (but is also on Radio 4, BBC News channel and the BBC website as well).