BRITAIN’S FIRST TELEVISED LEADERS DEBATE A HIT

The first-ever televised debate between the leaders of Britain’s Labor, Conservative, and Liberal parties attracted 9.4 million viewers — roughly 37 percent of the overall TV audience — on ITV Thursday night, clobbering the hit longrunning soaps Coronation Street and East Enders. In reporting the results, Britain’s Guardian newspaper called them “impressive” and observed that […]