Normally I am supposing to be the one who does doorsteps - ambushing politicians with questions they're not expecting.
But this afternoon, filming with the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg at a supermarket in Oldham, the boot was on the other foot:
"Is it true David Cameron's pulled out of his interview with Jeremy Paxman?" he suddenly asked me. "I don't know why, I enjoyed my interview with Jeremy."
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Comment number 1.
At 20th Apr 2010, Jane peck wrote:I just watched jeremy Paxman for the first time when he interviewed Nick Clegg.
I thought Nick completely wiped the floor with jeremy who was pedantic, nit picking and generally out of line.
Well done Nick.
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