The winner did not turn up - BBC debate

This time next week, we will have a new Prime Minister, government and a lot of party leaders and wannabe MPs crying over their breakfast. Those old and new will be looking forward to board the gravy train that is politics.

Last night’s debate was a joke and more or less, what I expected. A shouting match with a touch of bullying and a bent audience. The BBC host was quick to announce the audience was fair and balanced and picked by an independent company. Looking from the outside, it was skewered towards the left of politics and Tories at the event were sitting on their hands and were less than vocal.

Nigel Farage on twitter suggested the audience was made up of 'Paid up Corbynistas' there was booing of other parties for, mainly for the Tory Home Secretary Amber Rudd but cheered for the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn jeering any criticism of him. It was not just me, the wife noticed and she had little interest in the debate.

This programme was less worthy of a comment than the last one, the May/Corbyn non-debate broadcast by Sky/Channel 4. One we learnt more and best of all it was not manic like last night. Here for what it is worth is my ten penneth on the last night shenanigans.

If you saw him earlier in the day Corbyn at some political hustings demanding that May turn up for the debate he showed fire in is belly but that evaporated by the time of the debate he just was not there. Tonight he looked plain knackered and out shouted towards the end I was thinking May had the right idea staying away. He looked uncomfortable, less forcible and a bit slow to jump in and go for the attack others would have seen it different.

The May stand in Rudd was on a hiding to nothing with the audience and the others but unlike Corbyn she had the balls to get in there with some street fighting. She needed it because she had the biggest target on her back followed by Corbyn. I thought her performance was strong and hands up to her for taking part with her father passing 48 hours before the debate.

The others were a miss match all hoping for a hung parliament so they can exert some power and push their policies on any government. While hoping for scraps from the big two parties the leader of the Green party impressed me for banging on with her suicide policies. God bless Tim Farron! Why because someone as to who could trust the Lib Dems. The winner on the night was Theresa May, who wisely opted not to turn up at a shouty shambles.