Ed Miliband faced ridicule last night after privately billing himself as the ‘happy warrior’ ahead of last week’s televised Election debate. The Labour leader’s secret cribsheets also reveal how he planned to ‘relish the chance to show who I am’. And in handwritten notes, Mr Miliband appears to exhort himself to ‘use the people at home’. Embarrassingly for the Labour leader, the ten pages of notes were apparently left behind in the Salford ITV studios where Mr Miliband clashed with David Cameron, Nick Clegg and four other party leaders. Scroll down for video . Embarrassing: Ed Miliband faced ridicule last night after privately billing himself as the ‘happy warrior’ ahead of last week’s televised Election debate . Mr Miliband faced criticism last week for his ‘stiff’, mannered performance – including turning to look straight into the TV camera shortly after each question from the studio audience. But his discarded notes, according to the Sun on Sunday, reveal the extraordinary lengths he went to in his determined bid to get the better of his political opponents. One note appears to explain why Mr Miliband smiled serenely every time he came under fire. It read: ‘Happy warrior, calm, never agitated.’ Last night, Labour sources suggested that was a reference to the poem The Character Of The Happy Warrior by William Wordsworth. In a further self-motivational message, Mr Miliband, pictured during the debate as Natalie Bennet speaks, also wrote the words ‘negative’ and ‘positive’ connected by an arrow. But the notes also betray the vital importance for the Labour leader of landing a blow on the Prime Minister – and contrasting himself with Mr Cameron. He wrote ‘me versus DC’, followed by ‘decency, principle and values’. In a further self-motivational message, Mr Miliband also wrote the words ‘negative’ and ‘positive’ connected by an arrow. The Labour leader’s notes also reveal that several of his most successful ripostes were carefully scripted in advance. Last night, a Labour spokesman said: ‘These notes will come as no surprise. They explain why and how Ed took on David Cameron over the NHS and living standards' Looking down: Labour Party leader Ed Miliband leaves MediaCityUK in Salford following the televised leaders' election debate . For example, after Mr Cameron reminded the Labour leader of his alleged plan to ‘weaponise’ the NHS, Mr Miliband’s quickfire retort – ‘I would say to everybody at home: Use your vote as a weapon to fight for the future of the health service’ – was drawn virtually word for word from his notes. Last night, a Labour spokesman said: ‘These notes will come as no surprise. They explain why and how Ed took on David Cameron over the NHS and living standards. ‘They also show how Ed set out a positive vision for the future with Labour’s better plan, including on zero-hours contracts, lower tuition fees and rents.’ Our surveys said: After four opinion polls were released, the average poll of polls put Mr Cameron narrowly ahead on 22 per cent, with 21.5 per cent saying Mr Miliband won, 21 per cent backing Mr Farage and 20 per cent favouring Miss Sturgeon .
Labour leader's secret cribsheets revealed his peculiar set of reminders . Included words 'Happy warrior, calm, never agitated' and 'me versus DC' Labour defended notes calling them evidence of Miliband's 'positive vision'