Kevin Maguire devotes the bulk of his column today to arguing that Gordon Brown should sign up to a televised debate before the next election. Maguire writes:
I might be reading too much into this but considering Maguire’s closeness to some in Downing Street, it seems likely that this is debate is going on amongst the Brownites at the moment. My personal view is that Cameron would probably win such a debate but that Brown—given where he’ll probably be in the polls at this point—should take the risk.“In Downing Street, the mood remains opposed to US-style Presidential TV debates. … Brown should declare now that he’ll talk podium-to-podium with Cameron and the Lib Dems’ Nick Clegg in front of millions of viewers.”
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