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Gordon Brown (right) speaks to local resident Gillian Duffy (left) in Rochdale in 2010. Mr Brown was caught on microphone describing Ms Duffy as a bigoted woman . Picture: Lewis Whyld/PA Wire Considering what’s at stake, the run-up to May’s elections has been excruciatingly dull. Campaigning has had the life and bounce of a washed-out tea towel. Covid restrictions have camouflaged the low level of public interest and engagement. If the leaders’ debates could be encapsulated, insomnia would be cured overnight. Of course, present day politicians are risk averse and do their best to avoid unmanaged face to face encounters with the electorate.