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Ask the Chancellors: live blog
Here are the verdicts on how it went:
Overall verdict
Very well chaired by Krishnan Guru-Murthy. Cable frequently got applause. Darling held his ground well, but Osborne often weak and looking shifty. No-one got in a killer blow that will shift lots of people’s views, but debate will have confirmed praise for Cable and doubts about Osborne.
You can watch again Vince’s opening and closing statements.
Other people’s verdicts
- The audience: I make it 6 rounds of applause for Cable, 3 for Darling and 1 for Osborne
- The journalists: “Audience pretty much unanimous cable won, hacks too privately, but many sticking to party lines in
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Twitter and the rise of new media
Something fascinating happened yesterday. I was browsing through one of the internet forums I regularly visit when I noticed someone posting that people should go to the Daily Mail poll page on their website and vote yes to the poll that asks “Should gypsies jump the queue on the NHS?” in order to mess with them.
When I got to the page and duly voted “Yes” I was astonished to see that the poll was at 93% Yes and 7% No. The forum I refer to has nowhere near enough people to make a dent in the thousands who vote in …

