We travel to Birmingham University and record our show in front of a live Midlands audience. The region contains more of the crucial Labour-Tory marginals than anywhere else, but – as in most of the country – it is suddenly the third force that is the chief talking point, and much of our audience thinks deservedly so.
John Harris was delighted that Nick Clegg mentioned Trident in the great debate, but Nick Cohen thinks John will be disappointed when he realises there is no political Santa Claus.
Jackie Ashley looks forward to round two and three in the debate series, and argues Clegg will do well on foreign policy thanks to Iraq, but now also believes that he has finally found the right tunes on the economy, and so he might score another win there.
Turning to the blue team next, Jackie dubs the big Tory idea of the "big society" a big flop. Nick, however, insists that they are on to something in rejecting centralist managerialism, but says stronger local government would be the best way to bring the vision about.
Finally we move on to Labour and the economy. Will this be their strongest card in the runup to the election? Jackie thinks that all of Brown's stats will make him sound even more wonkish than usual while Nick is astounded that we think that our current PM - such a friend of the bankers - is good with the economy.
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