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The verdict on the leaders' televised debate has been mixed, with polls and newspapers giving diverging ratings for the participants, so was there an overall winner?

"I don't think there were any killer blows," said Dr Michelle Harrison from the research company TNS.

Economist Tim Harford added that the seven-way debate wasn't the mess that some had feared.

"A surprising number of the statistical claims that were made were basically true," he said.