They loved Samantha Cameron. And David, too. "So impressive. They came across as normal, easy-going, sincere, funny. This was great telly for them." That, by the way, is the common view at the top end of the Labour party, where Sunday night's ITV programme on the Tory leader was watched and secretly admired for the way it humanised the man who aspires to be the next Prime Minister.
A few hours earlier, the incumbent had turned up in Stourbridge for a rare televised encounter with the British electorate. The BBC's Politics Show brought together 20 or so undecided voters in the Midlands battleground seat and invited them to test Gordon Brown. He took the precaution of arriving early to lavish his inquisitors with handshakes and attention. It made no difference.
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