Peter Hoskin

The final TV debate – live blog

2227, JGF: Rumour going around the press room that a certain A Campbell has been overheard saying ‘I think we’ve had it’

2201, PH: And that’s it. I’ll be putting up my verdict in a separate post shortly. Thanks for tuning in.

2200, PH: Woah. Brown starts positive – thanking everyone involved in the debates.  But he’s soon into hardcore negativity: attaking the Tories for their inheritance tax plans and pointing out what areas of spending they will cut.  It’s all scaremongering about child tax credits, cancer guarantees and the like.  This, lest you need reminding, is his pitch for the country.

2128, PH: Clegg hones in on the “old parties,” claiming that they will stand in the way of “real change”.  He says that he will “fight for fairness”.

2156, PH: And so we come to the closing statements.  Cameron makes a direct pitch for votes: “If you vote Labour it’s more of the same.

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