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1. 21. Leaders' debate: David Ottewell's verdict

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 16 April 2010 Historic, compelling, and occasionally even dramatic - but ultimately inconclusive. The first-ever televised election debate between three party leaders in Manchester was an experiment that worked. Yet it is more likely to have re-enforced people's views than have changed them.

2. 22. Opinion: David Ottewell

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 03 May 2010 Who will be in government after the general election on Thursday? I wish people would stop asking, because I honestly can’t be sure. But I know this much: the question as to who will be in government is only slightly more significant than the question as to why.

3. 23. Opinion: David Ottewell

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 08 March 2010 In Conservative Central Office the mood is a mix of concern and bafflement … It isn't that Labour are winning. The Conservatives are losing.

4. 24. Opinion: David Ottewell

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 08 February 2010 Will the anger over 'expensesgate' lead to seismic shifts in places like Salford, or will it prove to be a storm in a (taxpayer-funded, bone-china) teacup?

5. 25. Opinion: David Ottewell

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 23 June 2009 The politicians who are brave enough to take risks and trust their instincts - the Thatchers, the Blairs - connect best with the public and inspire people to vote.

6. 26. Opinion: David Ottewell

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 17 November 2009 TONY Blair famously didn't ‘do’ God while prime minister. His atheistic press secretary, Alistair Campbell, was at pains to keep his boss off the topic of religion.

7. 27. Opinion: David Ottewell

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 08 December 2009 WHISPER it, but we could have a ‘live’ election next year after all. The winter nights are drawing in, and it is the Conservatives who are feeling the chill. The mood has changed more quickly than anyone believed possible.

8. 28. Total Politics Manchester debate - as it happened

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 11 February 2010 A Question Time-style debate was held in Manchester on Thursday night with three MPs and the MEN's David Ottewell on the panel discussing political issues.

9. 29. Vote 2010: Replay the final leaders' debate

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 30 April 2010 Use our video player to watch Brown, Cameron and Clegg in the final leaders' debate - and read the verdict of MEN columnist David Ottewell.

10. 30. We’re at the centre of a bloody fight

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 07 April 2010 M.E.N. chief reporter David Ottewell on the election campaign to come.

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