David Blackburn

The best and worst of the campaign: David Cameron

Cameron’s best moment: the sunshine of the final TV debate

David Cameron has had a peculiar campaign.  For the most part, the big set-piece occasions haven’t quite caught fire, while many of the Tory leader’s successes have been the relatively low-key and impromptu successes of the campaign trail.  Having said that, it was the biggest set-piece event of them all – the final TV debate – which gave Cameron his best moment of the election.  Here, he was energetic, direct and, most importantly, optimistic.  And he even managed to sell the Tories’ school reform policy in a straightforward and engaging way.  In his closing statement, Cameron did what he always promised he would – and let sunshine win the day.

Honourable mention: meeting the angry parent of a disabled child.

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