If the TV debate was a competition to see who could lever in the most soundbites then Boris Johnson would be the winner.
He squeezed in his campaign messages into almost every answer with the tediousness of an automated telesales message.
But if this was a contest of which leader is the more compassionate and has a greater understanding of the people’s lives then Corbyn must take the laurels.
The Labour leader struggled when put under pressure on Brexit.
His refusal to say how he would vote in a second referendum was unconvincing.
Yet he showed a glimmer of old Corbyn , the one who was feted at Glastonbury and comforted the victims of Grenfell, with his heartfelt story of how his friend Jayne Rae had died after an eight-hour wait at A&E.
His answers on Prince Andrew were spot on and his promise to invest in schools, housing and NHS rang true.
By contrast Johnson was bumbling and bombastic, a shaggy-haired teller of shaggy dog stories.
Again and again he had to be pulled up for speaking beyond his allocated time slot.
Though as we know from Brexit, Johnson has a problem with sticking to deadlines.
For the first few questions he feigned the part of the statesman but by the end the mask slipped and he resorted to being the pantomime Prime Minister.
Little wonder the audience scoffed when he claimed he could be trusted.
This was a moment for voters to seize up the strengths and weaknesses of the two people who could be the next Prime Minister.
Many will have decided they prefer the quiet dignity of Corbyn to the chancer who treats every outing as a comedy turn.
