Face it folks, Cameron Was Third in a Three Horse Race

How do you know that Cameron lost the debate last night? Well, normally sensible people such as Iain Dale start making excuses for his poor performance and arguing that losing was actually part of a cunning plot to win. Seriously:

There were several moments last night when David Cameron could have gone in for the kill on Gordon Brown. But he didn’t. You could almost sense him wanting to pin the PM down an pummel him on the lack of equipment to the military. But he didn’t. He wanted to eviscerate him on the deficit. But he didn’t. Why?

It must have been a predetermined strategy based on the fact that people tend not to like it when Cameron becomes aggressive. The dial tests show it. So instead, he adopted a strategy of appearing Prime Ministerial and not sinking to the depths of debating point scoring. He left that the Brown, and a fat lot of good it did him.