First leaders debate

The first debate of party leaders on 15th April provided an excellent energising momentum for the Liberal Democrat election campaign. Following the earlier great performance by Vince Cable MP in the debate of prospective chancellors, Nick Clegg MP won decisively the first debate of the party leaders. Polls immediately following the debate showed around or above 50% preference of the viewers for Clegg. Later, more general polls showed a massive surge of preference for Liberal Democrats among likely voters, even putting the Liberal Democrats slightly ahead of Labour.