15th April, 2010, 8:20 am Debate prep – 8 in the morning, April 15th Alex Smith Share this article: By 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 Smith 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. @alexsmith1982 View all articles by Alex Smith Subscribe to our daily email More from LabourList Analysis Change, not continuity, must be Burnham’s mantra As MPs return from recess to the corridors of Westminster, Burnham will address the Commons for the first… Daniel Green 1st September, 2026, 9:54 am Columnist Delivering in local government: How Labour is building a better Britain everywhere Labour councils up and down the country are helping to improve the lives of their residents. Week in,… Paul Dimoldenberg 1st September, 2026, 6:00 am Comment ‘What could campaigning under Burnhamism look like?’ Political ideas shouldn’t just change what we campaign for. They should change how we campaign. So if “Burnhamism”… Hannah O’Rourke 1st September, 2026, 6:00 am
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