Gordon Brown admitted that he had 'lost' the prime ministerial election debate on presentation and style
12 April 2012
Gordon Brown admitted that he had "lost" the prime ministerial election debate on presentation and style.
The Prime Minister said the first three-way debate last Thursday had "thrown the campaign wide open".
But he also insisted it wasn't an "X-Factor talent show" and the debate hadn't yet moved onto issues of substance like the economy.
On BBC television's Andrew Marr show, Mr Brown said of the first debate: "I think it's energised the campaign. It's thrown the campaign wide, wide open.
"People thought it was a closed book to start with. I lost on presentation. I lost on style. Maybe I lost on smiling...
"Some may think I'm a sort of a tough headteacher, I don't know.
"But I've learned at the end of the debate, substance will come through."
