I'll have a listen at home, but you seem to be of the impression that this was won by the remainers? The poll on the site comes out as 87% for Brexit winning the debate, and the editorial places equal weighting on both teams individual performances.
Farage is playing the immigration card too strongly for my liking, he's divisive at the best of times, I'd like him to be a little more considered so that he can get the many pro-Brexit points across without invoking character attacks. Saying that though, Mandelson is an utter slimeball, and is likely to drive as many voters away from his campaign as Farage is.
It's doing us some good PR, yes. I can tell you without breaking an nda, that the more Farage leaves his box -- the better.
Here I'll take a bickering leave camp in a live debate on the EU over a snap online poll. The commentary is worth a read too. Leadsom and Farage have not been strong performers so far. One eventually runs off the economic runway that's sensible, provided she can land a word in (on this occasion not too bad, but generally women do notice when female politicians are basically shut out of these discussions by loud, preachy men
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) the other has always been loose with the facts and accusations. It would've been far more tactically prudent to have swapped him for Carswell to backup Leadsom on this panel. Though that would require actual sense and collaboration on the part of different Leave groups; which isn't happening due to amazingly clashing egos still taking priority over Brexit.
But I'm hoping, as a Remainer, Farage does keep his sledgehammer approach for the Cameron clash on ITV. If he keeps alienating the minority vote, especially from Commonwealth BME backgrounds, more him the loser in the end.