It is always very obvious that when politicians speak they are never actually using their own words and thoughts but rather those of the spin doctors who coach them on what to do and say to the media. Last night was a very good example and you only had to listen to Gordon Brown to see where Campbell and Mandelson had concentrated their efforts.
Brown was effectively brown-nosing to Nick Clegg because both he and Clegg are looking down the hung-parliament route. The Lib Dems know that a victory for them is a long shot and Labour know that a coalition govt is a possibility with the Lib Dems. I wanted to see both Cameron and Clegg remind the public not about how Brown has performed as PM but what damage he did as Chancellor in trying to consolidate debt.
While many are newly seduced by Clegg’s strong performance last night just keep in mind that the most his party can probably hope for is to form a coalition govt. The last time the Lib Dems were in coalition with Labour was in the late 1970′s – many will recall the mess the country was in back then with regular power cuts, rationing, strikes and a bankrupt UK. I am not saying prepare for more of the same, but is it something we can afford to forget?
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