Gordon Brown and David Cameron have clashed over spending cuts, political reform and tax in the first ever prime ministerial TV debate in the UK.
The Labour leader went on the attack against Mr Cameron during the historic 90 minute encounter accusing him of "airbrushing" planned spending cuts.
The Tory leader said savings could be made without cutting services.
But the biggest impact of the live questioning session was the insertion of Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg into the national debate, who introduced himself to many voters, who knew very little about him.
The Lib Dem leader said that neither of the other parties were being "straight" with voters about the scale of cuts needed.
Some early polls have Nick Clegg as the winner of the TV debate, beacause nothing that David Cameron or Gordon Brown said or did fundamentally altered or changed the minds of floating voters.
Mr Brown and Mr Cameron repeatedly said that they agree with Mr Clegg on a number of key issues, from immigration to cleaning up politics, during the 90 minute debate on ITV1.
Sky News will be showing the second debate on Thursday, 22 April, which will look at foreign affairs with the final debate on BBC One on Thursday, 29 April will focus on the economy.
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