So the General Election date has been set.
Time for my predictions:
1) Labour Win
2) Tories issue kicking to Lib Dems and encroach upon Labour Majority
3) Lib Dems return to the fringe.
The Tory campaign has thus far been a mixture of good delivery combined with some utterly hamfisted attempts at playing on people’s fears (along with effectively reverting to the ‘soundbites’ they so despised in ‘97).
Personally aside from Blair winning there’s only one thing I want to see happen: I want to see the Conservatives take Colchester back.
For although I believe a Conservative government would be a bad thing for the country and disastrous to public services, they are at least competent. Watching Britain backsliding its way out of any sort of importance on the world stage under the Lib Dems or a Lab/Lib Dem coalition would be a nightmare.
Many observers seem to be very upbeat about the Tories and the Lib Dems in this election. I don’t think Howard has it in him to win but I hope he’s got enough to batter the Lib Dems back into the corner of British politics where they belong.
Later
John
Posted by John Swaine at April 6, 2005 03:16 AM