Voting Intention 6th April 2010: Labour 31%, Conservative 41%, Lib Dem 18%
Today, Gordon Brown announced that the 2010 General Election would be held on May 6th, the campaign has begun. This election as all elections in the UK are is a two horse race between Labour and the Conservatives, Left and Right, Red and Blue. Of course, there is a sprinkling of Yellow throughout as the Lib Dems go through the motions of a campaign speaking in town halls, school classrooms and local hospitals with an accompanying audience invariably asking ‘who’s that?’. For your information, the leader of the Liberal Democrats is Nick Clegg.
So far the road to Downing Street has been gaffe and gate free. No scandal to report. The only thing I can think of remotely close to scandal is the revelation that Nick Clegg was being paid money into his personal bank account which he swatted away speedily and it was just as promptly dismissed as a shameful right wing media attack. I suppose though that it is unlikely that anyone will believe a bad word about Mr Clegg at the moment.
In a strange turn of events David Cameron hit upon the answer…or rather was hit by the answer. It was the chicken that came first – the egg didn’t come until Wednesday. Poor old Mr Cameron, its bad enough that he’s seen his lead in the polls wither away and surpassed by the Liberal Democrats this week, the Daily Mirror then sends a chicken to follow him and a hoodie throws an egg at him. Does this young man not realise that all Dave wants to do is hug him? I think you’d all agree that’s not a great week.
They were right. For years the leaders of the Labour and Conservative parties had refused to do pre-election television debates because, among other things, they didn’t want to give a platform to the Liberal Democrats.
And, lo and behold, now the young upstart Clegg (aka “I agree with Nick”) has swung past the other two party leaders in some polls as the man most likely to be king.
Anyone who watched the leaders’ debate last night will be pleasantly surprised. All the hype and anticipation surrounding the momentous event created all the hallmarks of potential disappointment however apart from the underwhelming stage set the event itself was engaging and interesting.
‘Change That Works For You’
To read a PDF copy of the Liberal Democrat 2010 Manifesto, please click here.
Following the launch of the Labour manifesto on Monday, the Conservatives released their ‘Invitation to join the government of Britain’ yesterday. Tell your family, Mr Cameron said, tell your friends, tell your friends to tell their friends, tell your friend to tell their friends to tell their friends, tell… Well you get my point. Thank …
‘Think Different. Think Plaid’.
To read a PDF copy of Plaid Cymru’s Manifesto, please click here.
‘Invitation To Join The Government of Britain’.
To read a copy of the Conservative Party Manifesto, please click on the following link:
Conservative Party Manifesto 2010