(Jeff Overs/BBC/PA)
David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Gordon Brown during the final live leaders' election debate, hosted by the BBC in the Great Hall of Birmingham University
Gordon Brown failed to dent his rivals despite using a bruising final leaders’ debate to warn that neither David Cameron nor Nick Clegg could be trusted with the economic recovery.
A snap Populus poll for The Times gave Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg a shared victory on the night, each with 38 per cent. Mr Brown, despite a combative performance in which he faced up to his disastrous gaffe the previous day, trailed in third on 25 per cent from a sample of 1,929 respondents.
The verdict on a debate chiefly devoted to the economy — Mr Brown’s perceived strongest suit — leaves Labour’s campaign in trouble with six days to go before the general election.
Mr Brown went for broke, warning that an incoming Tory government would plunge the country into a prolonged Eighties-style recession.
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