It seems a bit ludicrous, superfluous even, to pick a winner of the first televised debate of the 2019 campaign, because the over-engineered format mugged everything. Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten didn’t know what to do with their faces when their opponent was speaking, so Morrison smirked and Shorten grinned. Morrison really has nothing to say beyond don’t vote for Shorten. Don’t vote for that (shifty) bloke. What will he do for the next three years, apart from legislate the tax cuts, keep the boats stopped, and keep telling people not to vote Labor, because … Labor?

Source: The Guardian April 29, 2019 12:56 UTC