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Leaders' debate: Live

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Will it change British history forever, will it, as David Cameron fears, be slow and sluggish, or will it be called off entirely because of the Iceland volcano?

Gordon Brown, Cameron, and Nick Clegg are getting ready to go head-to-head-to-head in the first of three, 90-minute, US-style televised showdowns from 8.30pm.

And our Politics Editor Ian Kirby has got a ringside seat in the Manchester TV studio where the clash will take place, lava permitting.

Check back here through the evening to find out how the candidates are shaping up and let us know how you think the wannabe PMs are doing by leaving your comments and voting in our poll below..

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