Gloves off as accusations fly in leaders’ debate

THE gloves came off in the second televised debate of the British general election campaign last night, as the leaders of the three big parties clashed over issues ranging from nuclear weapons to Europe, immigration and expenses.

In contrast to last week’s well-mannered exchanges, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg made direct attacks on one another in the 90-minute Sky News debate in Bristol.

Brown accused Cameron of being “a risk to the economy” and said Clegg was “a risk to our security”.