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1 September 2010updated 27 Sep 2015 2:14am

TV can still influence Labour’s leadership vote

Tonight’s Channel 4 News hustings will be no holds barred.

By Richard Darlington

TV debates were the defining element of the last election. Cleggmania was born after millions tuned in to the first leaders’ debate and were introduced to a politician capable of using voters’ first names and looking down the barrel of the camera during his closing statement. Being “televisual” matters more for politicians than ever before.

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