Something that we haven't had for about forty years is a good debate on Europe. Last time, it was about joining up to the European Trade agreement and since then a lot has changed. There has been the Euro, closer political integration and a general sense that the countries are losing their identity and being more homogenised.
Well, over the last two weeks, we have had two televised debates between Nick Clegg, leader of the Lib Dems and pro-europe vs Nigel Farage, leader of UKIP and anti-europe. Between them they have had a knockdown, drag-out battle over the issues surrounding Europe. The general outcome is that Nigel Farage won both debates, the first by a little and the second quite convincingly. In some respects both of the parties have won due to all the exposure that the two minor parties have received, but after the second one, UKIP is probably going to get a large boost.
Of course, the small matter of European elections in a months time might have had something to do with trying to gain as much publicity as possible. At the rate, we could wind up with a four party system all trying to get into power.
It's also been a lot more interesting than the last set of election debates in the UK and the US presidential ones. It was actually good to see two politicians with genuinely opposite views debating the subject, even if they didn't always answer the questions.