Francesca Rudkin: Insight from the minor parties debate

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Sep 21, 2023 · 3m

So on Tuesday evening I was quite excited about the first Leaders Debate.

It was a funny old evening. I thought Jessica Mutch McKay did a good job moving things along but the two Chris’s energy wanned, and so did mine. It wasn’t a dynamic debate.

There wasn’t actually a lot of debate.

So, after a solid, but slightly disappointing Leaders Debate, I then turned my attention to the Newshub Nation Powerbrokers' Debate featuring Minor party leaders, which took place last night on Three. Surely this was going to be more entertaining? It did after all feature David Seymour, who put in a sharp and…