The dust has now settled on the final debate and if the opinion polls are a true reflection of the nation's feelings - which I don't belive they are - then Gordon and Sarah Brown should be on the phone to a removals expert this morning.

We all know that Brown is never going to be truly loved by the country but last night I think we saw another sterling performance from the Prime Minister and I was surprised to wake up this morning to find him last in most of the post-debate polls.

I don't dispute that David Cameron put in his best performance and a lot of what he had to say about the key issues - economy and immigration last night - will has resonated with a new type of voter.

But Nick Clegg, while still arguably the most comfortable of the three with the least to lose, struggled to drive home his party's policies, some of which are extremely appealing.

Brown's admission that he didn't always get things right - a reference to bigot-gate - was the latest phase of his rehabilitation and to be fair to Cameron and Clegg they didn't get drawn into the regrettable affair, which would have been very easy during what has been a hard-fought General Election campaign.

For me though, the Prime Minister showed a strong head and a steady hand and hasn't received the credit he deserved for his performance.

The only poll that counts - as John Prescott told me this morning during a visit to the Three Pigeons in Blackburn Road - is the one next Thursday and then we'll see a proper result without the media spin.

A quick word about David Dimbleby who I thought was excellent.

You always know what you are going to get from old David and last night he was the least intrusive of the three presenters and that allowed the debate to be just that, a debate.

I am hopeful that these debates will set a precedence for the future because I think that as we saw last night, when the leaders are comfortable with the format, you get a real sense of the differences between the various parties.

I am sure there are still voters out there who are undecided but last night's programme will have, hopefully, given them a better understanding of where to place their cross next Thursday.

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