The UK Tunes Into Candidates

As Britain's three candidates for prime minister wage heated campaignsahead of the May election, Simon Marks reports from London on thepolitics behind the country's very first American-style public debate.The debate covered a range of topics from domestic affairs to thebudget deficit to funding for Afghanistan and was the first in a seriesof three that will culminate with a debate on the economy.


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