our main audience is divided into two groups, labor party members and activists from east anglia. on the left of the aisle as you look at them, and on the other side of the aisle we have independently selected a sample of voters from the region from all parties, and the party and the public are the two groups, that whoever emerges as the winner will have to persuade, will have to win over if they are to become the next prime minister. questions have been submitted by the audiences here and by viewers and website readers on line of sky news. let's get down to the debate. [applause] the first question the first question is from the local member of the european parliament, richard. >> good morning. sadly, the general election for the first time since 1945, no labor and he was elected in historic east anglia. what reasons are there for the decline of party support in regions like this? if you are elected leader, how will you reverse the decline? >> thank you very much indeed, david milliband? >> richard, you and i spent time in norwich last week, and the message was consistent and cle