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  This is highlighting what myself and others have said before, and with full nod to the Tony Blair book of televison performance, you cannot have leaders nowadays who are leaden on television. The blasted elections are fought on televison. Look at the polls following Nick Cleggs performance in the debates if anyone has any doubt.
  
  The message goes out on Televison..if you put people asleep they wont hear your message. No inroads will be made. This is a fact that was grasped wholly by New Labour, not grasped at all by bog standard Labour, who often shrug their shoulders at the polished performance. Big mistake. I think I disagreed previously with Keef on this one.
  
  Ed Miliband to be fair is doing much better on Prime Ministers Questions every wednesday. He has wrongfooted EtonMan several times lately to loud cheers. But harking back for a moment to William Hague when he was Tory leader, he was certainly good at PMQs but it made not a jot of difference at the polls. The programme is watched by Westminster Village aficionados only...so very little mass impact. The only plus factor might be if you are mentioned in good despatches on the national news later in the day.
  
  Tony Blair gave an interview to Jon Sopel at the weekend.. Sopel followed his (TB's) performance for three days in Jerusalem in his Mid East Role. Dont know if any of you saw it but that was the way to do it on televison. All charisma with the people of Jerusalem and with the interviewer.
  
  Is there still a chance for Ed? Well I hope so. He is a decent guy with a fair bit to offer. He was against the strikers, this was because he associated himself with the student riots earlier in the year to much condemnation, so this time was ultra cautious...but his advisers advised him wrongly on this one. Ed fell between two stools.

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