Elections are important and full of life, exactly because the public, not pundits or parliamentarians are in charge.

That's what we saw tonight.

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Jeremy Corbyn always promised something different.

He was chosen by his party in 2015 largely because he was such a contrast to the other candidates who seemed, fairly or unfairly, somehow to merge into one.

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Media captionLib Dem leader Jo Swinson is pressed on whether she'd block a Tory or Labour government

A few weeks ago, the Liberal Democrats were boldly suggesting that it was realistic for Jo Swinson to bid for No 10.

Anything was possible they claimed. Politics is fluid and changing. Millions of people feel the big parties are on two other planets and have let them down.

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A lot of huffing and puffing. A lot of over eager attempts to land and repeat their stock lines.

But the first head-to-head clash between the two men who could be the next prime minister did not transform the landscape of this election.

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Jeremy Corbyn looking at a copy of his speech

All of the political parties this time round say they'd turn on the taps of public spending.

The Tories seem to have found the fabled magic money tree that Theresa May denied existed last time round. Labour has discovered a whole forest.

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Media captionLaura Kuenssberg's full interview with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn focusing on Labour's immigration policy

Both the main parties have been snarled up today in their promises about immigration.

Higher? Lower? Limited? Unlimited? European, non-European? Skilled? Un-skilled?

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We knew this was going to be a strange election. It's been a strange few years.

But while the parties are eagerly trying to stick to their familiar scripts - the Tories on Brexit, the Labour Party on public services, something far less recognisable is going on too in this campaign.

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A couple of months ago Nigel Farage and some of his team gathered a group of reporters together in a glossy hotel in London's St James's.

Alongside the fruit salad and mini bacon brioches (at least I think that's what they were) there was big, ambitious talk of taking on the established political parties in a major way, the plan to take on the Tories and Labour across the country as and when the general election was called.

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Nicola Sturgeon arriving for the SNP's campaign launch in Edinburgh — Image caption The SNP leader has made her conditions clear for supporting a minority Labour government

This election is happening because of Brexit. For good or for ill, the Parliament of 2017 to 2019 failed to come to a conclusion.

So the still new prime minister decided that the best way for him to achieve his desired departure from the EU was to go again to the country, disappointing Brenda from Bristol, and giving anxiety to the organisers of nativity plays, Christmas fairs, and carol singers - that's even before you start considering the implosion of political operatives looking for ways of running a campaign in the cold and dark of the winter months when, as today's floods are demonstrating, the weather can't be relied on to play ball for balmy summer evenings on the doorstep.

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Jeremy Corbyn excites and delights a chunk of the electorate.

Day after day on this campaign we will see him being greeted rapturously by crowds of his supporters, queuing in the cold for a chance of hearing him (or getting a selfie).

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