With the introductions over, Gordon Brown thanked his host with a cheery "its so relevant that Labour is here as we are the Today Party" only to be interrupted by David Cameron waving sheets of paper claiming that "Today Party" was his line and Mr Brown must have stolen the idea. Nick Clegg stood up, and was ignored by both when he shouted "actually it's my idea" and sat down again
Mr Cameron claimed that Labour is the party of yesterday, and returned smugly to his seat only to be sparked back to life by Mr Browns comment that the Conservatives were the party of the day before yesterday. Nick Clegg stood up, and was ignored by both so sat down again
Only momentarily trumping Mr Brown with " the party of last week, more like" Mr Cameron was rebuked by "last month and I said it first". Nick Clegg stood up, and was ignored by both so sat down again
When we left the heated debate the year was 1781 and Mr Clegg's buttocks had gone to sleep