Which ITV newsreader moderated the first ever UK leaders debate in April 2010 between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg?
"broadcast weekly by ITV, BSkyB and the BBC over three successive Thursday evenings starting on 15 April. They were moderated by Alastair Stewart, Adam Boulton and David Dimbleby respectively. The first half of each debate focused on a particular theme (domestic, international and economic affairs), before general issues were discussed. The questions were not disclosed to the leaders before the debate. In addition to the leaders' debates, on 29 March, the three main parties' financial spokesmen participated in a debate focusing on the economy, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling debating with the Shadow Chancellor George Osborne and"
"Stewart moderated the first ever United Kingdom political leaders debates between the Prime Ministerial candidates in the 2010 general election, featuring the incumbent Gordon Brown, Conservative leader David Cameron and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, debating on live television. Three debates were to take place, produced by ITV, the BBC and Sky. By random lots, ITV drew the first debate, and chose Stewart to act as moderator. Stewart received honorary doctorates from the University of Plymouth in September 2010, from the University of Winchester in 2011, and from the University of Sunderland in 2012. On 28 December 2014, Stewart presented"
"2010 United Kingdom general election debates The United Kingdom general election debates of 2010 consisted of a series of three leaders' debates between the leaders of the three main parties contesting the 2010 United Kingdom general election: Gordon Brown, Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party; David Cameron, Leader of the Opposition and Conservative Party; and Nick Clegg, leader of the third largest political party in the UK, the Liberal Democrats. They were the first such debates to be broadcast live in the run-up to a UK election. The debates ran without a break for 90 minutes and were"
"his successor Gordon Brown had argued that the weekly Prime minister's questions in the House of Commons was sufficient. For the 2001 general election Tony Blair turned down a debate with William Hague. On 28 April 2005, Tony Blair, Michael Howard and Charles Kennedy took part in a special edition of the BBC's ""Question Time"", although they did not debate directly, and were questioned individually by host David Dimbleby. The idea of holding leaders debates for the 2010 election was first supported by David Cameron and Nick Clegg, with Gordon Brown later agreeing. In 2009, ""Sky News"" began a campaign"
"seem to rub along pretty well."" Britain's Economy: Cameron and Clegg Face the Audience Britain's Economy: Cameron and Clegg Face the Audience is a special live political debate programme which was aired on BBC television on the evening of Wednesday 23 June 2010. The programme featured British prime minister David Cameron and his Deputy Nick Clegg facing questions from a specially selected audience following the previous day's emergency budget statement in which Chancellor George Osborne had announced £6 billion worth of cuts in Government spending. It was chaired by Nick Robinson and saw Cameron and Clegg facing questions on the"
"of society. Among those present were businessmen, public sector workers, self-employed people and union representatives. A BBC spokeswoman told the ""Daily Mail"" that the selection process had been conducted in a similar way to that of ""Question Time"", whereby people who apply to be in the audience are interviewed then chosen to ensure a mix of views are represented. The debate was first aired at 7:00pm on the BBC News Channel and chaired by BBC political editor Nick Robinson, who introduced Cameron and Clegg then took questions from members of the audience. One of the main issues discussed was the"
"Britain's Economy: Cameron and Clegg Face the Audience Britain's Economy: Cameron and Clegg Face the Audience is a special live political debate programme which was aired on BBC television on the evening of Wednesday 23 June 2010. The programme featured British prime minister David Cameron and his Deputy Nick Clegg facing questions from a specially selected audience following the previous day's emergency budget statement in which Chancellor George Osborne had announced £6 billion worth of cuts in Government spending. It was chaired by Nick Robinson and saw Cameron and Clegg facing questions on the Budget's potential impact. The occasion marked"
"opposed the idea. On 19 April the BBC and ITV announced they planned to host leaders' debates, as they had done in the 2010 and 2015 elections, whether or not May took part. Labour subsequently ruled out Corbyn taking part in television debates without May. Broadcaster Andrew Neil separately interviewed the party leaders in ""The Andrew Neil Interviews"" on BBC One, starting on 22 May with Theresa May. The 2017 Manchester Arena bombing led to interviews with Nuttall, Farron, Sturgeon and Corbyn to be rescheduled. ITV Tonight also ran a series of programmes with the major party leaders. Sky News"
"The total viewing figures for the debate were , with viewers watching the Sky News coverage. The viewing figures produced by BARB showed that the viewing figures for the debate were 2,212,000 viewers watching it on Sky News, 584,000 on Sky3 and 1,388,000 watching it on BBC News. Nick Clegg said of the debate, ""I thought it went well. I enjoyed it a lot"", while David Cameron commented ""It was great, there were some very good questions. I enjoyed it. The main thing is the people will decide. I hope they will vote for change on May 6 and we"
"four minutes of free debate between the leaders. No audience applause is allowed during the programme. In the themed half of the debate, audience members can ask a maximum of three questions on each sub-theme, while in the unthemed portion, a maximum of two questions are allowed on the same subject. Instant polling after the first debate showed Nick Clegg as the winner, with most showing David Cameron came second and Gordon Brown last: Average viewing figures for the debate were , with a peak of , equivalent to a share of the audience of 37%. The BARB produced audience"
"and Labour's polling worsened with ComRes and other polling failed to show any impact of the debate. A two-hour debate between seven party leaders was hosted by ITV News anchor Julie Etchingham on 2 April at dock10 in Salford. They were positioned on the stage as follows (left to right): The order in which each leader delivered their opening statement was decided by lots, with the order being Bennett, Farage, Clegg, Sturgeon, Cameron, Wood, and Miliband. The audience for the debate averaged about 7 million, peaking at 7.4 million. Several polling organisations surveyed those who had viewed the debate immediately"
"debate, Brown mentioned the gaffe by saying ""There's a lot to this job and as you saw yesterday I don't get all of it right."" The snap polls after the debate showed David Cameron as the winner of the debate, with most showing Nick Clegg in second, one showing Cameron and Clegg tied for first, and one showing Brown in second. The viewing figures produced by BARB showed that the total viewing audience was 8,596,000 viewers, with 7,428,000 viewers watching it live on BBC One, 618,000 on BBC News, 337,000 on Sky News and 213,000 on BBC HD. Gary Gibbon,"
"political spectrum, with many front-page headline articles being concerned with social issues and inequality - but it also prides itself on its balance, publishing points of view from both left and right. Nick Clegg, former UK Deputy Prime Minister and former leader of the Liberal Democrats, a centrist party, is a fortnightly columnist for the ""i"". His column usually features in the """"My View"""" comment section of the paper. During an interview for the ""i"" in December 2017, Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn declared himself to be a dedicated reader of the ""i"", saying that its compact size and concise articles"
"This is the only open talk show on BBC Radio Leeds, although such a format does partially feature in ""Catherine and Martin in the Morning"". The show has no bias, and Green never gives her personal opinion, except on more trivial subjects which are fitted in around the main subject. Despite being a talk show, several songs are played each hour, usually following news and traffic announcements. There have been several notable interviewees on ""Liz Green Live"" including; Leader of the opposition, David Cameron, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg and controversial Christian campaigner Stephen Green, who evoked strong"
"In March 2015 it was announced that Etchingham would chair a televised leaders debate for ITV ahead of the 2015 general election, the only leaders debate featuring Prime Minister David Cameron to be held that year. The programme was called ""The ITV Leaders' Debate"". The debate took place on 2 April. Andrew Pettie of ""The Telegraph"" described Etchingham's presenting style as ""composure itself"", adding that it was ""a bit robotic but this was no bad thing: it was refreshing to see a TV interviewer resolutely refusing to hog the limelight."" She later co-presented the ITV coverage of the general election"
"debate between the two men was held on 26 March 2014 and was broadcast live on television by Sky News and on the BBC News Channel. The debate was hosted by LBC and moderated by Nick Ferrari. After the first debate, a YouGov poll asked ""Who performed better?"", with 57% saying Farage did better compared to 36% for Clegg. The second debate was held on BBC Two on 2 April in a special programme called """", moderated by David Dimbleby. Farage was again seen as outperforming his rival, with a snap poll by YouGov showing 68% of people thought he"
"be an obstacle. UKIP categorically agreed to participate. Conservative chairman Grant Shapps expressed that he was in favour. However, without any formal agreement forthcoming, the organisers wrote to David Cameron on 17 March asking for his commitment. The debate did not take place. That day, the Conservatives accepted the offer of a single, 7-way debate to be broadcast on ITV on 2 April, with the other two planned debates cancelled. According to the Conservatives, they were approached with a new 4-programme plan, which was reported to be: The Liberal Democrats accepted these proposals, but Nick Clegg has said he still"
"before April. Cameron suggested that the televised debates should take place before the campaign itself, as he felt that the 2010 debates overshadowed the rest of the campaign; he was, however, still positive towards them taking place. There was media speculation from individuals such as Michael Crick of Channel 4 News as to who may be included in the debates. He suggested that if UKIP did not receive sufficient coverage, they could make a legal case against broadcasters that under-represent the party, if the leaders of the Conservative Party, Labour Party and Liberal Democrats are included. Prime Minister David Cameron"
"can do something to change our country."" The final round of the first ever televised leaders' debates, hosted by the BBC, was held in the Great Hall of Birmingham University on 29 April 2010. The background to the debate was overshadowed a day before by a remark made by Gordon Brown in private, while being driven away after canvassing in Rochdale, when he met retired council worker Gillian Duffy. In the remark, caught by a lapel microphone, Brown said that ""...she was just a sort of bigoted woman who said she used to be Labour"". At the beginning of the"
"In late December 2009, the Ukrainian non-profit organization Internet-Ukraine launched a project aimed at monitoring the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election based on Twitter. On April 22, 2010, during the United Kingdom general election, 2010, several right-wing British newspapers including the ""Daily Telegraph"", the ""Daily Mail"", the ""Daily Express"", and ""The Sun"" reported several news stories regarding the leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg, including political donations made to his private bank account, and making a Nazi slur. This was seen by users on Twitter as a personal attack on Clegg on the day that the second Prime Ministerial television"
"Cameron–Clegg coalition David Cameron and Nick Clegg formed the Cameron–Clegg coalition after the former was invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a new government, following the resignation of Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 11 May 2010. It was the first coalition government in the UK since the Churchill war ministry and was led by Cameron with Clegg as Deputy, composed of members of both the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats. The Cabinet was made up of sixteen Conservatives and five Liberal Democrats, with eight other Conservatives and one other Liberal Democrat attending cabinet but not members. The coalition"
"warned that broadcasters had to be careful about impartiality rules. ""The Telegraph"" and ""The Guardian"", in association with Google and YouTube, then announced that they intended to hold an internet-broadcast live debate, which was planned to feature David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage, and Natalie Bennett, and had issued an invitation to the five party leaders. The debate was to be held on 26 or 27 March (before the short campaign, as favoured by the Conservatives). The Liberal Democrats nominally expressed their intention to participate; however there was concern that the absence of the SNP might prove to"
"based in Washington, D.C. from January 2009, covering the First 100 days of Barack Obama's Presidency of the United States for Sky News. On 22 April 2010, during the UK General Election campaign, Boulton hosted live from Bristol, the second in a series of three televised debates between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg produced, in turn, and on consecutive Thursdays, by ITV News, Sky News and the BBC. On 10 May 2010, while covering events on the aftermath of the 2010 general election Boulton lost his composure with former 10 Downing Street Director of Communications, Alastair Campbell defending"
"""No, the ""real"" audience is at home, actually."" The BBC explained that the audience had not been selected by them, but by an independent polling organisation in such a way as to give a balanced audience. David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg were the featured in a BBC ""Question Time"" special programme at Leeds Town Hall on 30 April presented by David Dimbleby from 20:00 BST to 21:30 BST. Nigel Farage, Nicola Sturgeon and Leanne Wood were each featured in separate question and answer events hosted by the BBC after the ""Question Time"" special programme. These events were broadcast"
"the audience weren't allowed to really participate."" Former UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage said there was not a ""single memorable phrase"" in the entire debate and Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones said: ""In what was a very sterile debate, not once did we hear the word Wales mentioned by any of the leaders. Indeed much of what they said was irrelevant to our communities."" Both Gordon Brown and David Cameron agreed that Nick Clegg did well in the debate. Brown said Clegg had been ""introducing himself in many ways to the public, in a mass way, for the"
"Islamic Forum Europe, Muslim Aid, and Tower Hamlets Council, and broke the world record for 'Most children reading with an adult', with 3,234 children listened to readings from Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. 5 Mar 2010: hosted the BBC's weekly live topical debate ""Any Questions?"", chaired by Jonathan Dimbleby and with panellists Ken Livingstone (former Mayor of London), Shadow Business Secretary Kenneth Clarke, Mehdi Hasan (senior politics editor at the ""New Statesman"") and Julia Goldsworthy (Liberal Democrat spokesperson on Communities and Local Government). 25 Aug 2010: subject of a BBC documentary, ""Middle EastEnders"", that ""chronicles the setbacks and"
"On the night of the 2010 general election, Dimbleby hosted the BBC coverage, along with Jeremy Vine, Jeremy Paxman, Nick Robinson, and Emily Maitlis. Presenting from BBC Television Centre Studio 1, he was an anchor and involved commentary contributions, guest interviews, and introducing live outside broadcasts. In 2013, Dimbleby presented ""Britain and the Sea"" and a year later, he presented """". In 2015, Dimbleby hosted the first BBC general election debate, in spite of the fact that neither Prime Minister David Cameron nor Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg took part. Dimbleby hosted the EU referendum results show on BBC One,"
"and Conservative Party Leader PM David Cameron. It was first broadcast on More4 on 7 October 2009 and later shown on Channel 4. Young was a proposer and co-founder of the West London Free School, the first free school to sign a funding agreement with the Education Secretary, and is now a trustee of the charitable trust that manages the school. He stood down as CEO of the school in May 2016 after admitting that he didn't realise how difficult it was going to be to run. The national press coverage of the school having four headteachers in the space"
"Nick Clegg Sir Nicholas William Peter Clegg (born 7 January 1967) is a British former politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015 and as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015. An """" liberal, Clegg served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Hallam from 2005 to 2017 and has been associated with both socially liberal and economically liberal policies. He is currently Vice-President for Global Affairs and Communications at Facebook. Born in Buckinghamshire, Clegg was educated at the University of Cambridge, the University of Minnesota, and the College"
"Agreement which would form the basis of their partnership together. Gordon Brown's resignation on 11 May 2010 meant that Cameron was invited by the Queen to form a government and a coalition with the Liberal Democrats was agreed, with Nick Clegg as the Deputy Prime Minister. On 5 July 2010, Clegg unveiled plans to have fewer MPs and to hold a referendum on the voting system so that the next general election would be contested under the Alternative Vote system. In a statement, he said UK democracy was ""fractured"", with some votes counting more than others. As part of the"
"debates to include seven main UK political parties' leaders. The revised proposals would see the debates being held on Thursdays: 2, 16, and 30 April 2015, during the general election campaign. The proposals issued were for: Warnings were given from all the broadcasters that if the leaders failed to turn up an 'empty chair' would be used instead. On 23 February 2015, the broadcasters agreed on three debates: On 4 March 2015 David Cameron stated, in what was described as a ""final offer"", that he would only participate in a single debate, involving the leaders of the Conservatives, Labour, the"
"2011, Clegg stated he dealt with the pressures of political office by reading novels late at night and he ""cries regularly to music"". He supports Arsenal F.C. Nick Clegg Sir Nicholas William Peter Clegg (born 7 January 1967) is a British former politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015 and as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015. An """" liberal, Clegg served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Hallam from 2005 to 2017 and has been associated with both socially liberal and economically liberal policies. He is"
"spending cuts that the ""Financial Times"" believed would have to be made following the election. He was also accused of bias for the way he questioned Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, it was claimed in contravention of the pre-established rules, during the Leader's debate hosted by Sky News. Ofcom rejected the complaints. On 20 January 2011 Boulton once again interviewed Alastair Campbell on Sky News, ahead of Tony Blair's appearance in front of the Iraq Inquiry. Both apologised about the incident and shook hands at the end of the interview. Boulton won the Royal Television Society's supreme Judge's Award and"