Tonight’s Evening Standard carries a report that Gordon Brown may go the country on June 4, 2009.
The issue would be, of course, which party is best placed to see the economy through troubled times. Brown has developed something close to a narrative: that he is the steady, experienced, internationally economic manager and this is no time to take a risk.
David Cameron and the Conservatives are nowhere close to having an economic narrative – even though they remain in front.
But the UK Polling Report polling average puts the Liberal Democrats on between 12 and 14 per cent. Electoral Calculus says that (assuming uniform national swings), the UKPR current polling average would leave the Conservatives with a small working majority – and the Lib Dems with just 19 seats.
So here’s the question of the day: where is the Liberal Democrat economic narrative?
[For a description of what an economic narrative should contain, and a few more details about my earlier challenge, please see here.]
The issue would be, of course, which party is best placed to see the economy through troubled times. Brown has developed something close to a narrative: that he is the steady, experienced, internationally economic manager and this is no time to take a risk.
David Cameron and the Conservatives are nowhere close to having an economic narrative – even though they remain in front.
But the UK Polling Report polling average puts the Liberal Democrats on between 12 and 14 per cent. Electoral Calculus says that (assuming uniform national swings), the UKPR current polling average would leave the Conservatives with a small working majority – and the Lib Dems with just 19 seats.
So here’s the question of the day: where is the Liberal Democrat economic narrative?
[For a description of what an economic narrative should contain, and a few more details about my earlier challenge, please see here.]
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