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Here my very brief take on last night’s debate while I walk to work… You may also see my Twitter thoughts as it happened last night - twitter.com/mnfn

Nick Clegg (#GoNick #IAgreeWithNick)

Great performance from him as the outsider. He tried very hard to help people remember who he was by mentioning that he was an MP in Sheffield about 5 times. After that he seemed to settle down and have clear opinions about Trident and transparency.

Clegg benefitted from the fact that both Labour and the Conservatives don’t want to hit the Lib Dems too hard in case of a hung parliament where Clegg is able to wield his much vaunted king-making ability.

Clegg is coming out on top in almost every poll so he can only have improved his credibility. A genuine 3 party race now? Probably not. I expect to see him hit with some tougher policy points, especially from Cameron, in the later debates.

David Cameron

I can’t remember much, if anything, of what he said. It wasn’t a bad performance, just a quiet one. He was clearly worried about making a balls-up, which I suppose is only natural given the lead that he has held in the polls in recent months.

Having said that, I reckon he will be on the attack more in the later debates. I do not think that Cameron did anything to lose many votes last night, but he did not do a lot to win anybody over either.

His performance was epitomised by his choice of tie - blue & bland.

Gordon Brown

“Flash” was on the attack all night long and he did fairly well. He had the best tie of the lot.

I’m still voting Labour.

I’m at work now, didn’t get a chance to add a couple of other points about Cameron and Brown but I’ll try and add something later on.