I dunno... the fact that they are always so ludicrous makes them rather easy to spot a mile off, not so startling really.
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The first Election Debate with Gordon Brown, David Cameron, & Nick Clegg, takes place on Thursday night at 8:30pm on ITV1.
http://www.itv.com/electiondebate/
Be interesting... I think this will be the first time we've had something like this in the UK?