Cameron’s still a long way from clinching it
May 2nd, 2010The most revealing point about the Tories’ position this weekend is not that they’re inching into the lead, but rather that they’re not streets ahead. With Brown’s failure to regulate the banks prior to the financial meltdown, the year and a half of economic decline, the enormous deficit in the public finances, the fall in real incomes during this parliament, and a fragile recovery still lacking in jobs, Cameron had an open goal. Yet he is still seen even after the third Leaders’ debate as more spin than substance, he has repeatedly made the wrong call on the economy, and despite Labour’s intense vulnerability he has no convincing alternative. (more…)
