Dave is winner on the night but Ed's ahead in new polls

To general incredulity, both party leaders said they could still win overall majorities. Think again

Columnist Don Brind

David Cameron gave one of his most animated performances of the campaign in last night’s Question Time special and was rewarded with a narrow points verdict in a snap ICM poll for The Guardian.

Ed Miliband trailed Cameron by six points – 44 to 38 per cent – according to the poll. Whether he would have done better without the stumble as he left the stage is open to doubt. He will probably be happy with a gap which is narrower than usual in personal poll ratings. Nick Clegg – boy hero of the 2010 leaders’ debates - came a poor third with 19 per cent.

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is a former BBC lobby correspondent and Labour press officer who is watching the polls for The Week in the run-up to the 2015 election.