Fraser Nelson’s Spectator blog is one I rarely miss. For all the wrong reasons. Previously he has championed Tory MP Liam Fox’s boast that he didn’t come into power to “run public services better than the socialists” and today he starts his entry with ‘There’s Nothing to Say Labour Will Ever Win Power Again‘.
While technically, yes, there is no concrete proof that Brownites and Blarites will not implode in a puff of fourth-term squabbling smoke never to be seen again, is this really a sensible assertion? He continues that Labour is stuck somewhere between a rock and a hard place: annihilation and defeat.
Hyperbolic headlines such as this rarely have the factual goods to materialise into anything resembling a convincing arguement. Nelson is indeed quoting an unnamed former Cabinet member, who is no doubt has got his own cross to bear. But his main arguement hinges on the fact Labour is mired in “division not decision”.
The Conservatives, however, are apparently a wholly united front. There is no mention of David Davis‘ shock departure last month or of the fact that aside from inheritance tax the Tories essentially have nothing new to offer the electorate. Is change for change’s sake enough?
Furthermore, if the Labour party’s crime is diving not deciding during a summer of discontent, then it must be noted that David Cameron’s entire campaign is led on divide and conquer; pick apart the opposition and no-one will notice that the Conservatives have absoloutly nothing new to offer.
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