All the fun of the seven-way discussion. Democracy, inaction
Thursday night saw the only proper TV debate of the election campaign.
Following months of negotiations, the UK's political parties finally agreed to hold a single debate involving seven different party leaders representing the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Greens, UKIP, SNP, and Plaid Cymru.
BuzzFeed News was there every step of the way – here's everything you need to know about what happened during the broadcast, with links to our coverage.
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A teenager called Jonny Tudor asked the first question on how to cut the deficit.
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The internet went crazy for Tudor, a 17-year-old in an immaculate suit, who asked the party leaders one of the night's four questions: how would they cut the deficit?
By the end of the event Tudor had become a minor celebrity. BuzzFeed News caught up with him afterwards, where the slightly baffled inadvertent star explained he thought David Cameron was the real winner of the debate.
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