Saturday, October 06, 2007
The Balloon That Never Went Up
Gordon Brown today announced he would not be calling an early election. Brown bottled it, with a series of poll swings to David Cameron's Conservatives it was clearly a risk to take. The reality was the Conservatives were ready for the balloon to go up, and such preparations will no doubt contribute to the future campaign. The unfortunate side is that we have to wait for our chance to govern however there is no doubt we are certainly in a stronger position than may have been perceived in recent times and the reality that Brown's Bounce has ended and we are seeing a comeback for the Conservatives...
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
A view from outside on the Political situation
From all the hype Brown has generated from his first few months in office, I have a sneaky suspicion that his luck will run out very soon and in regards to an early general election well its all to play for, for us Conservatives. Over the past five weeks I have been away from the UK and will be so until mid December, but every time I have heard or read some news from Britain it has always been full of spin generated from the Brown, news making Brown appear to be a great statesman even having the nerve to compare himself to Margaret Thatcher. Well you make think he hasn't done such a bad job, well let me tell you why you are wrong. Firstly despite being promised by Labour government of Blair, yes Brown did have a highly significant role in it, that we were going to have a referendum on the EU constitution, Brown has decided to break his promise and decide to sign more powers to Brussels without asking the people. Secondly Britain has had foot and mouth outbreaks which Brown took advantage of to make himself seem tough, whilst ignoring those farmers suffering with the loss of their livelihood because of errors. Thirdly Brown sought to compare himself to the political great of Margaret Thatcher, well isn't Brown a member of a party which both opposed very strongly as well as Brown himself everything that Thatcher stood for. I can talk all day about Brown and the his Labour government, issues such as higher taxation, an increase in lawlessness, the Iraq War which was started by a government Brown had a significant role in, but I haven't got all day. In regards to our own party, the conference appears to be going well, we have announced some good policies such as abolishing inheritance tax for the ordinary person and scrapping the early prisoner release scheme because of lack of prison places created by the Labour government. I'm sure the opinion polls will reflect this soon, although we have to take these with a pinch of salt. I think we are well placed at the moment to challenge Brown in an election and remember as a party we have all to play for, I don't want to make a prediction but if I was Brown I would be pretty concerned because the spin he has generated to the public is starting to wear off.
