What the papers said about Nick Clegg's Leaders Debate win

3.24.19pm BST (GMT +0100) Fri 16th Apr 2010

Daily Mail: "Victory for Nick Clegg"

Daily Mail: "Nick Clegg comfortably won the first historic

presidential-style television debate tonight"

Channel 4 News: "Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg victorious in first

leaders debate"

Guardian: "Clegg was the clear winner"

Times Online: "Nick Clegg seizes his moment in historic TV debate"

Michael Crick (on Newsnight): "A decisive result [for Clegg]"

Independent: Clegg smashes through two-party system

Times: Mr Clegg was able to paint his party as a real alternative to the two

main options who had "played pass the parcel with your government for 65

years".