Given that we're in the most Presidential TV election ever (and I'm not just talking U.K. here), TV moments by the party leaders are much more important than they should be. So who's ahead on the gaffometer so far?
Well, Clegg did a pretty good job at the weekend, explaining that he'd never ever deal with a first-but-third-place Labour ('absolutely' was his actual word - I think that's longhand for 'yes' usually, but in this instance meant 'no'), then explaining that when he said Labour he really meant Gordon, then clarifying that when he said Gordon he really meant, well, something not quite that precise. So we'll wait and see on that one. But he did say it all on camera, and presumably knew this, even though he might have had an 'oh shit' moment afterwards.
This can't be said for Brown, and it makes it worse for him. Oh, when will they ever learn to make sure the mic is off before they show their true selves - in this case, tired, petulant, churlish, hypocritical and vindictive (but hey, we already knew all that, didn't we)? Ronald Reagan nuked Russia under similar circumstances, but at least when it was leaked we all knew (or prayed) that he was joking. Gordon wasn't joking, in fact I don't think he knows how to, unless running an accurately programmed and carefully tested brown-app. Which he'll contrive to screw up anyway.
As for Cameron, he hasn't had quite such an in-the-face TV moment as yet, more an accumulation of mini-ones, a sludge slide rather than a volcano. So the flop has yet to drop, at least until this time tomorrow. After that, they'll think it's all over, but I reckon the fun is about to start. Seven Days In May.
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