With no pre-match debate coverage on ITV, host of the first election debate Alastair Stewart had to charge in to the biggest event in his, or any other British broadcast journalist’s, career from a standing start.

And he looked pretty nervous as he sprinted through his opening words.

It took the zen-like calm of Nick Clegg’s opening statement to slow things down…

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