EVAN'S ABOVE!

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Well, David Cameron won that skirmish with Evan Davis all hands down! http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8610000/8610852.stm
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For the first few minutes the interruptions flew (and Evan's voice got higher and higher) as he he pressed the Conservative leader to say that there would be lots of job losses in the public sector if the Tories won the election, much more than if Labour got back into power. Then Evan Davis pretty much stopped interrupting and the interview calmed down into a much more gentle attack on the Tories' poster about Labour widening equality (Evan defended Brown's record, Mr Cameron scuppered it). At the end it was even quite good-humoured as Evan asked him what his favourite paper is. (At least he didn't ask him what his favourite colour is!)
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David Cameron was very lucky to get Evan Davis, the least aggressive and the least overtly biased of the five Today presenters. Just imagine if he'd have been up against Justin Webb, Sarah Montague, John Humphrys or, God forbid, the rabid James Naughtie!
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How's this for an unexpected set of interruption coefficients?
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7/4 James Naughtie - Nick Clegg - 1.4
8/4 John Humphrys - Gordon Brown - 2.1
9/4 Evan Davis - David Cameron - 1.1
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