It's not the broadcasters' fault if Cameron won't face interviewers and engage in public debate but only speak to tame audiences in factories.

Wow. The behaviour of those Scottish SNP supporters towards Jim Murphy and Eddie Izzard was absolutely disgusting. That is not democracy. It is abhorent anarchy. This is what we have to look forward to is it?

(Just seen it on BBC News).

500 is quite a large sample for a constituency poll.

Coppard isn't the leader of a Party and hasn't got to travel the length and breadth of the country on a daily basis.

I have seen plenty of Clegg all over the place on my TV screen.

No one should be interviewed during election week. It could be perceived as giving favourable advantages to some over others. After Sunday, where ALL candidates should have been interviewed, no one should have been.

On a sunny Bank Holiday Monday Scrivens is an irrelevance.

And your point is?

Doris has had 3 cups of tea with Coppard and thinks he is a lovely man who cares about her community.

She hasn't seen Clegg anywhere other than on TV yet he is expecting her to vote for him..

Not good for the SNP either for this to be all over the news 3 days before the election!

Maybe tomorrow then..?

Those in question were SNP voters but NOT members of the party. No party can, or should, be held responsible for any nutter who puts a cross in their box on a ballot paper.

I think what it demonstrates is that politicians from all parties have absolutely no scruples. If they had the statesman dignity they would be telling us how wonderful their policies are without all having to berate, lie, break confidences and be personal towards each other. If Cameron said that to Clegg in private, so what? It was private. I wonder what private things Clegg said to Cameron? Perhaps now we'll find out.

Although I'd rather we had politicians who were decent, honest people rather than the types we have now, because if any of the politicians were employed in the private sector and behaved as they are behaving now, they would be fired.

Regardless as to who they are, it is unacceptable. The SNP should publicly condemn them because it will only lead to even more concerns South of the Border.

The whole thing seems like a storm in a teacup to me, though Sturgeon probably will say that people should be well behaved. The reality is, 40 or so people were standing in the street and then 5 nutters started shouting at the shouting people. The reporting would make one think that there was a riot that shut down the city.

They have.

They did. On the news. Immediately after the "scuffle" was shown.

Excellent. I am pleased about that.

Nicola Sturgeon did straight away.

I would have thought Jim Murphy would be able to defend himself from 4 protesters, with all his supporters surrounding him. Have you seen the zoomed out photos of the incident?

I would like to see them. Do you have a link?

ETA: I have just seen them. Priceless!

I haven't seen anything other than the News. But anyone facing any number of angry people face to face will find it intimidating and unnerving. It wouldn't do Jim Murphy any good at all if he lashed out at the protestors.

It was nice to learn though that Nicola Sturgeon condemned it. That is to her credit.

It's hardly George Square the day after the indyref.

Scrivens definitely got his hands dirty. He professed outrage at Cameron's statement in the Telegraph, but he knows the difference between the public and private arena. He was most likely put up to it. Politics,unfortunately, is not a decent, honest game.

I saw it on FB, possibly the National's website. 4 protesters, 30 Labour and 20 press/ media. The media will always show you what they want you to see, not the whole picture.

The eradication of the 1922 Committee's control over the Conservatives will be the Clause IV moment. As said, until they do that it will be very difficult for the public to vote outright for a Conservative government.

It was quite clear from the TV coverage that the bunch of thugs was certainly larger than that. There is no place for aggression like that in civilised politics.

Back to the polls and in this case it's some of Lord Ashcroft's very recent marginal constituency polls:

Battersea - Conservatives leading - no change: http://lordashcroftpolls.com/2015/05/battersea/

North Cornwall - Lib Dems leading - no change: http://lordashcroftpolls.com/2015/05/north-cornwall-3/

Norwich North - Labour now ahead: http://lordashcroftpolls.com/2015/05/norwich-north-2/

Peterborough - Labour now ahead: http://lordashcroftpolls.com/2015/05/peterborough/

Wirral West - Labour now ahead: http://lordashcroftpolls.com/2015/05/wirral-west/

That's the case for so many of these phoney election "rallies." Get about 20-30 true believers to stand around with placards and get the photographers to stand in tight to make it look like the place is packed out. A sign of the lack of enthusiasm around the parties.