Last night's Question Time was a cross between a day out at the Colisseum and an evening at the panto. It made for great television.
Watching MPs from all the main political parties getting shouted down by a furious audience as they tried to justify the unjustifiable (Margaret Beckett's claim that she has been 'too busy' to check her outlandish claims was particularly absurd) attracted an audience of 3.8m - unheard of for a late night political programme.
And what made it all the more sweet is the audience won this debate. The panellists, including Theresa May, Menzies Campbell and la Beckett, all ended up looking rattled, which is exactly how they should be. And due credit to the Telegraph's representative on the panel for managing not to look too smug.
