S01-EP15 - Richard Danbury on television debates, old vs new media & the BBC
TALKING POLITICS
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Nicola Sturgeon and the Seven Person Debate
The seven person debate really did help Nicola Sturgeon because she stood out as someone who seemed in control. It's quite a difficult format to control and even I think David Cameron wasn't entirely comfortable. She seemed comfortable though there were six other people on the stage with dominating the parts of the conversation where she was able to speak. That really did make a difference in conveying her and her stature in a way which many people including people in England who knew almost nothing about her hadn't got before then. We'll see with Nicholas Sturgeon in five years time.
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