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<p>Massie&#39;s <a href="http://www.spectator.co.uk/alexmassie/5917777/face-it-folks-cameron-was-third-in-a-three-horse-race.thtml">judgment</a>:</p>
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<p>Having watched parts of the debate again this morning (sad, i know, but there you have it), I&#39;m more convinced than I was <a href="http://www.spectator.co.uk/alexmassie/5916256/clegg-wins-brown-survives-and-cameron-misses.thtml">last night</a> that Cameron came <em>third</em>&#8230;Now it&#39;s just one debate, even if it was one watched by nearly ten million people, and it won&#39;t decide the election. But Cameron repeatedly confused anecdote with data, missed obvious point-scoring opportunities and, most bafflingly of all, didn&#39;t even try to sell the better, more interesting parts of the Tory agenda. Where were localism, decentralisation and &quot;empowement&quot; last night? Nowhere.</p>
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<p>Judith O&#39;Reilly&#39;s <a href="http://www.wifeinthenorth.com/2010/04/its-my-party.html">insta-poll</a> of partygoers came to the same conclusion.</p>
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