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David Cameron has said he is worried the three televised leaders' debates risk being "slow and sluggish".The Conservative leader said the agreed format of the main party leaders taking eight questions in 90 minutes could "short-change" the public.
Speaking at a visit to an organisation for mothers and children in Southwark, south London, Mr Cameron admitted: "I can't pretend I'm not nervous".
Reacting to the Lib Dem manifesto, he said the Tories had more to offer.
The first TV debate between Mr Cameron, Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg is due to be broadcast on ITV1, STV and UTV on Thursday evening.
'Get it done'
Mr Cameron said: "I do public meetings around the country. I've done 72 of these Cameron-direct public meetings and I try to get through 25 questions in an hour.
"And I do worry that we may have ended up with a format that's going to be a bit slow and sluggish. So I may be wrong. But I think we've got to make sure the public feel they're getting their questions answered."
In his first visit of Wednesday, Mr Cameron met mothers and children at the Women Like Us organisation, which helps them find flexible and part-time work.
This was in a bid to highlight a manifesto pledge to extend the right to request flexible working to all parents of children aged up to 18 - up from the present 16.
Reacting to the Lib Dem manifesto launch, Mr Cameron said: "If you want to have a more family-friendly, greener Britain, a more liberal Britain, then the people who can get that done in government are the Conservatives.
"I hope that all people who want these things - some of which were set out today by the Liberal Democrats - come with us in the modern Conservative Party and we can get it done."
On Tuesday, the Tories' manifesto pledged to bring a "new kind of government" with less state and more "people power".
Interviewed on BBC London, Mr Cameron attacked Labour for trying to "frighten" voters.
He also launched a personal assault on Business Secretary Lord Mandelson - who had earlier said Mr Cameron was "toffee-nosed" about the regions - branding him an "incredible comedy figure".
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