tonight's tv debate

Amber who?

She is looking ridiculous.

Difficult choices like kicking the disabled and poor

Where's the choice in that? Shouldn't it be either/or?

I think Tim Farron started really well. Caroline Lucas just said we are not a poor country, the money is just in the wrong hands. Bravo Caroline.

Rudd has no figures to give to anyone
What a joke

I can see why May didn't want to debate tonight - she is not strong and stable, she can't cope when under fire and has no script.

Tim Farron and Caroline Lucas are coming across most strongly

I agree varian but Tim's just insulted me. I am a Guardian reader but don't own a hair shirt or eat muesli!

Just a load of shouting over one another.

Load of squabbling kids.

Amber Rudd didn't know the rules of Monopoly.

Amber Rudd kept using the stupid slogan "coalition of chaos" yet what we saw was a considerable degree of agreement between five of the speakers in the debate. I preferred all of them to the threadbare coalition of the Tories and UKIP

There is a good follow up discussion on the BBC news channel right now

I thought they would be able to support one another if there was a hung parliament on many issues Varian.

Varian, did you watch Damien Green just lose votes in Cambridge? He said that the reason May wasn't there was because she was out meeting real people..

It debunked the "coalition of chaos" mantra. Rudd was appalling. She came across as a bully, who shows utter contempt for the people of this country.

I don't agree with everything the other parties are advocating, but they showed core values, with which I agree and would be capable of forming a progressive coalition.

A few weeks ago, I had little time for Corbyn, but he has challenged my thinking and risen in my estimation.

PS. UKIP is history.

What are unreal people?

May has no interpersonal skills. She can't relate to her voters and the rumour is that the Conservative Party doesn't like her much either. The knife sharpeners will be huddling and deciding on their next move.

Even the media is coming round to the idea that Corbyn is more personable and genuine.

X post varian. I agree. What we saw was people who could work together and sort out their differences.

POGS, You obviously didn't watch the same programme I did.

Haha! Work together and sort out their differences? You jest?
All that shouting over each other and squabbling....thought Rudd was absolutely right in saying that's what you would get if Corbyn was propped up by others in power, a real coalition of chaos all right!

Caroline Lucas is a one off. I don't agree with everything she says, but she's one of the few "statespeople" we have in this country.

Hopefully, when her days as an MP are over, she will be given a place in the House of Lords. For once, I think her position would be justified.

What did surprise me was how badly Farron speaks,compared to the others his sentences and vocabulary were all over the place, not impressive.

Aroline Lucas and Andrew Robertson always speak well.I just don't agree with what they are saying.

Sorry, typo...Caroline

I also have respect for Tim Farron. Unfortunately (even as a LD member), I think their campaign has been poor and there's a strong possibility that both Farron and Clegg will lose their seats. It will be a huge shame, because I think both care about their country and have good ideas, but can't drag the popularvite to their view.

Both Farron and Clegg have a great amount to contribute on a national level.