Tom Peterkin: Hung Parliament
An interesting poll in today's Guardian suggests that Labour is rapidly catching up with the Conservatives. Although the figures indicate that Gordon Brown has yet to overhaul David Cameron, the ICM poll will no doubt fuel more feverish speculation of a General Election early next year.
According to the survey, the gap between Labour and the Tories has narrowed from 15 points to five. Will Brown bottle it like last time? Will his economic policies look quite as clever a few months from now? Will he be tempted to go to the country before the worst of the recession kicks in? Can Dave be trusted with the economy?
One likely outcome is a hung parliament. Given his reputation as a ladies' man, one presumes that Nick (Cleggover) Clegg is no stranger to fervent wooing. Ardent advances of a political nature can be expected by the Lib Dem leader in the weeks ahead. Just how welcome those from Brown and Cameron prove to be remains to be seen.
According to the survey, the gap between Labour and the Tories has narrowed from 15 points to five. Will Brown bottle it like last time? Will his economic policies look quite as clever a few months from now? Will he be tempted to go to the country before the worst of the recession kicks in? Can Dave be trusted with the economy?
One likely outcome is a hung parliament. Given his reputation as a ladies' man, one presumes that Nick (Cleggover) Clegg is no stranger to fervent wooing. Ardent advances of a political nature can be expected by the Lib Dem leader in the weeks ahead. Just how welcome those from Brown and Cameron prove to be remains to be seen.
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Well Nick Clegg's speech to Demos earlier this week could certainly have been construed as making overtures to the Tories, at least if Iain Dale's interpretation is correct.
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