As Labour prepare to reveal its manifesto later today, will this year's party leader TV debate obscure the traditional manifesto?

Michael Dobbs, former chief of staff at Conservative Central Office, and Paul Whiteley, professor of politics and co-director of British Election Study at Essex University, examine whether election manifestos actually sway voters.

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