It is so rare a thing that I am prescient that I am going to make the most out of this.
I have noted several times (e.g. 1, 2) that the format of the debates will be a problem, and indeed that holding the debates at all is pointless. The News of the World today reports that the format of the leaders' debates still remains a very difficult thing to sort out in practice. Iain Dale notes the issues as well, and we'll see about 793 more posts on the matter between now and when the debates actually take place.
That the format of the debates would cause problems was self-evident. After all, the US has an entire Commission to sort those sorts of issues out.
That the content of the debates will be worthless will not be self-evident until after the debates themselves. I'll just have to write enough posts on the topic beforehand to ensure I can be suitably smug enough afterwards.
