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Cameron vs Miliband TV debate - live Cameron vs Miliband TV debate - live
(about 4 hours later)
Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour leader Ed Miliband are to face a grilling from veteran interviewer Jeremy Paxman tonight, in the first of the debates and interviews to be broadcast in the run up to the general election. Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour leader Ed Miliband faced grilling from veteran interviewer Jeremy Paxman tonight, in the first of the debates and interviews broadcast in the run up to the general election.
After Cameron said he would not go head-to-head with Miliband, the pair will instead be questioned separately twice. The second round will see them face a studio audience in the joint Sky News/Channel 4 programme. After Cameron said he would not go head-to-head with Miliband, the pair were instead questioned separately twice. The second round saw them face a studio audience in the joint Sky News/Channel 4 programme.
Here is how tonight will work: What we have learned:
- Miliband won a coin toss, and chose to be interviewed second. - Cameron admitted he couldn't live on a zero hours contract
- Paxman will interview each of the leaders for 18 minutes. - Miliband said 'hell yes' he's tough enough to be Prime Minister
- A 100-strong audience - a third of whom are Tory supporters, a third Labour backers and the final third undecided - will question them separately for a further 18 minutes, while Sky's Kay Burley moderates. - Miliband apologised for aspects of Blair/Brown Government and immigration
- Cameron admitted he didn't meet immigration target
- No new policies were announced
 
How tonight worked:
- Miliband won a coin toss, and chose to be interviewed second
- Paxman interviewed each leader for 18 minutes
- A 100-strong audience - a third of whom are Tory supporters, a third Labour backers and the final third undecided - questioned them separately for a further 18 minutes, while Sky's Kay Burley moderated