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Debate prep – 8 in the morning, April 15th

DebateBy Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

* 90 minutes that could change Britain: But David Miliband says that this is David Cameorn’s chosen turf…

* Gordon Brown is said to have struggled in debate rehearsals, giving too long answers and top many statistics, reports the Times.

* Watch out for Nick Clegg, says the Telegraph.

* “The politicians are simply doing what works”: The Washington Post on tonight’s TV debate.

* Turn on your TV and turn off apathy: the leaders’ debate could change the course of the election, writes John Ryley.

* The launch of the “re-heated Thatcherism” of the Tory manifesto could be when David Cameron blew it, writes Steve Richards.

* Nick Clegg has to accept that, issue by issue in this election, the Lib Dems have far more in common with Labour than the Tories, writes Andrew Adonis.

* The FT reports £30 billion holes in all three of the parties’ election manifestos.

Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband.

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