Thread by @fascinatorfun

#channel4 #LibDemLeadership

Jo got off to good start saying this feels different because it is a contest between friends.
Similar vision in the party.

#Jo feels she has good media connection
And that she has good relations with other parties ? SNP

#Ed. ExperienceClimate change

I think they are both making an error in suggesting THE ONLY WAY to settle the Brexit debate is by a #PV

It is merely ONE democratic way. Keep the door open.

Please. Both. Stop doing that.

#Jo again says it was wrong to make a tuition fees pledge then not deliver it but looking at things now it would not be the best way to spend £11 bn.

#Ed agrees better to put the money into early years

Also fighting back on on the achievements in coalition but saying mistakes

#Jo says bedroom tax should not have gone through

#Ed says he has a disabled child so understands why disabled people

Good to say he has changed his mind on fracking (he agreed it after wavering in 2013) and pointed out that his tremor regs has stopped the industry today

Both #Jo and #Ed are getting better at dealing with coalition questions.

Nationalism and self centred states

Ooh! Being asked about propping up SNP

Ed says he wouldn’t support a Queen’s speech (albeit in coalition) without PV in it.

NOOOOO! GOT to keep Revoke on the cards.

To be fair it was in the context of a coalition and that maybe best that can then be achieved

Lord Reynard. #Jo deals with it well. She is not happy. He is not welcome. Change of rules means it would be dealt with differently

She must stop saying “I have been clear on this”

Sounds like May.

Jo and Ed both answer all the quick fire questions the same way. I am fine with that.

#Ed dealt with the Clegg question well. It is the LD response on which the party should be measured.