THIS WEEK'S DIMBLEDATA

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Time for some Dimbledata, in the wake of Thursday's Question Time from here in the North West:
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Who got most time to speak?
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1. Margaret Beckett (Lab) - 10 minutes 26 seconds
2. Andrew Lansley (Con) - 9 minutes 38 seconds
3. Charles Kennedy (LD) - 9 minutes 14 seconds
4. Caroline Lucas (Green) - 8 minutes 23 seconds
5. David Starkey (historian) - 7 minutes 35 seconds
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Who received the most interruptions from David Dimbleby?
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1. Andrew Lansley (Con) - 5
2. Caroline Lucas (Green) - 4
3. David Starkey - 2
4. Margaret Beckett (Lab) - 2
5. Charles Kennedy (LD) - 1
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Who scored the highest interruption coefficient?
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1. Andrew Lansley (Con) - 0.5
2. Caroline Lucas (Green) - 0.5
3. David Starkey - 0.3
4. Margaret Beckett (Lab) - 0.2
5. Charles Kennedy (LD) - 0.1
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Who was asked the most supplementary questions by David Dimbleby?
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1. Margaret Beckett (Lab) - 7
2. Caroline Lucas - 6
3. Andrew Lansley - 4
4. David Starkey - 2
5. Charles Kennedy - 1
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Commentators in the Biased BBC blogsite's running commentary were amazed in the early stages of the programme at David Dimbleby's hot pursuit of Mrs Beckett over her own links to Unite, wondering if DD had been replaced by a double! He didn't trouble her much again thereafter, turning more of his attention (also surprisingly) towards Caroline Lucas. Andrew Lansley fared as badly. Charles Kennedy was left at ease. David Starkey is more than a match for any presenter and was on sparkling form (as ever).