Leaders' debates: three women against some public school boys

It was the nearest thing to gender balance in the history of British democracy. Did it make a difference? You bet it made a difference This was a challenge for democracy. It was a test of how many different voices could make a sensible contribution to a debate about who should govern Britain, and how. The answer turns out to be at least seven, very politely and possibly quite boringly. But as people in the many countries that are enduring the alternatives to democracy would point out, dull can b...