Who won Question Time debate? One thing is for certain, Brits deserve better than this

Sir Keir, did you think Jeremy Corbyn would make a “great Prime Minister?”

The BBC Question Time audience members laughed as the Labour leader time and time again squirmed and danced around the question of whether he supported the veteran hard-Left leader’s bid to move into Downing Street.

But this is also a serious question, that strikes at the heart of whether voters can trust Sir Keir.

Jeremy Corbyn’s plans would have been a complete and utter disaster for Britain.

So how can we not know, less than two weeks out, if the leader of the Labour Party truly supported these plans? Because if he didn’t, why did he tell us Mr Corbyn would be so good?

And if he did, that’s an alarming indication of what the Labour Party may mean for Britain.

He then accused politicians of being honest over the NHS.

But asked to say how long it will take for people to see things improving, it was painful watching host Fiona Bruce trying to drag an answer out of him.

Then an exasperated student rolled her eyes as Sir Keir justified abandoning a central pledge of his Labour leadership challenge – to abolish tuition fees.

There’s a theme developing here, isn’t there?

Then he was heckled for refusing to put a number on net migration to the UK. After Sir Keir said every politician who had set targets had failed, the audience member very correctly stated: “That’s not a reason is it”?

I sense many of you will have been extremely frustrated by the lack of answers. What is a sensible number of migrants coming to the UK? How will Labour pay for increased defence spending?

In fact, Ms Bruce politely reminded Sir Keir he needed to answer the questions, rather than delivering his political messaging.

And on another issue where the Labour leader has flip-flopped – on the issue of “what is a woman” – a member of the audience strike right of the heart of his appearance - “What do you believe now and how can we trust you will stick to your views?”

Between wanting to shout at the television, and just switch it off, it became clear we weren’t going to get many answers.

And, after weeks of frankly ridiculous stunts, Sir Ed Davey finally began to act like the leader of one of Britain’s major political parties.

He got off the rollercoasters and paddleboards to face voters and explain his plans for the future.

And within seconds, he was having to convince everyone he wouldn’t bankrupt Britain.

Sir Ed frankly seemed like a man returning to work after a few weeks off. He spent most of his 30-minute segment on the back-foot, defending his record as part of the Coalition Government and whether he could be trusted on the promises he makes.

This of course, came during a question about the Liberal Democrats abandoning their central pledge – to abolish tuition fees – of the 2010 general election campaign.

And, in perhaps a sign of how his campaign is going, he had to explain why it wasn’t “horseplay on TV”.

He also refused to rule out forming a coalition with a Labour leader and was grilled over whether he was “proud” of refusing to help postmasters in their hour of need.

He’d essentially spent the first 20 minutes trying to convince the nation to be “curious” about the Liberal Democrats’ offering.

But Fiona Bruce put it very aptly, the UK’s system of Government relies on ministers being “curious” about signs of scandals and wrongdoing. Where was Sir Ed’s over the Horizon scandal?

And voters were very “curious” about his handling of the Horizon scandal.

I don’t think it’s unfair to say his answers left just as many questions.

Why? Why did it take an ITV drama for the Liberal Democrat leader to intervene?

So, we are curious, Sir Ed. We’re curious why you didn’t show the same inquisitive nature you want us to show with your manifesto.

The victims of the Horizon scandal have watched you fall off paddleboards and go to theme parks while they are suffering the after-effects of losing their life savings and wrongful convictions.

They deserve so much better.

Britain deserves so much better than politicians desperately dodging questions.