Where will you be watching?

John Prescott will be there. Cheering on his leader from a working mens club in Southampton.

BBC South Today will be there. I'm off to report live from a Neighbourhood watch group in Ferndown Dorset.

But what are YOU hoping for from tonight's first, historic, debate between the three major party leaders?

We're a demanding lot, you know. I've spent the last fortnight asking people across the South of England what they think of the show so far.

There are a few whose response is immediate - Politics is not for me, mate - Fair enough, I always say. We like a firm opinion.

There are a few who are starting to get bored.

There are a few genuinely undecided, but pondering the question. Always interesting.

But it has surprised me how many people are waiting. They want the politicians to come to them. They feel that after all the expenses they're owed that much at least.

So you could look at tonight's leader's debate, for all its contradictions (we are NOT voting for a president, duh) as the chance for the political class for make up for all their patronising, cackhanded arrogance and present themselves honestly to the British people, in their living rooms.

Is this the political equivalent of X factor? The accessible politics we've been waiting for. Or will people be left disappointed?

I'll be on Twitter tonight (@peter_henley - don't forget the underscore in the middle) and online looking to see what chatter there is. And I'll be on Radio Solent, Berkshire and Oxford tomorrow morning to chew the fat. Why not ping me a comment on what YOU made of it?

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