The first televised debate between party leaders has ended and the verdicts are in: it's good news for the Liberal Democrats and Nick Clegg.
Not only has the country's third-ranked party enjoyed equal media exposure with its rivals, Clegg was widely tipped to have won the encounter on ITV against David Cameron and Gordon Brown.
To pick through the evenings debate Michael White is joined in our studio by columnist Polly Toynbee, home affairs editor Alan Travis and from our politics desk and Media Talk podcast, Matt Wells.
The leaders clashed on immigration, crime, health, education, the economy and military spending. But were dividing lines between the parties easily apparent to viewers?
Leave your thoughts below and join us tomorrow afternoon for a review of the week with Andrew Rawnsley, Marina Hyde and Nicholas Watt.
