Do The Tories Want Brown To Win The Election?

The rise in popular support for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats has put both Labour and Tory politicions on their back foot. They seem unsure exactly how to deal with it and you get the impression the public are delighted about that. Perhaps long periods in office leave a lasting impression rather more than a quick swaw every four years

People still remember the Thatcher years and whatever David Cameron may say he is associated with her and her devisive and unpopular government which sowed the seeds for the worst financial crisis for a hundred years. It may be Labour are about to experience many years in the wilderness too. They have been in power for so long that people will remember and even if they don’t remember exactly why they may not be wanting Labour back in power for a long, long time, regardless of who is leader of the party.

Being unsure of the best way to respond to the Clegg factor the Tories have done what political parties have done for decades and tried to frighten the voters with our Dave saying that a hung parliament will not be able to take the important and decisive decisions and Ken Clarke, the former chancellor, warning that “The bond markets won’t be patient…sterling will wobble.”.

So, what are you saying Dave and Ken? Are you telling the electorate that they must do what you tell them and not what they want to do? Are you saying that if the electorate say they want a hung parliament or that is the result of the election then the country will come to a halt and you will sit on your hands and do nothing? Whatever the electorate say, you politicians are supposed to act accordingly. Perhaps you think I am wrong but I have this rather quaint idea that MPs and are elected by the people and it is for the voters to decide. If they decide to vote Brown back in to No10 with a tiny proportion of the possible votes it would just go to prove what a terrible electoral system we have but the Conservatives claim it is the right way of running democratic elections so presumably they would be happy to see Brown re-elected with the smallest number of votes of any of the three main parties.

Perhaps the Tories really do not want to win. Being the government over the next few years will be tough and may have to take some unpopular decisions so perhaps they are playing the long game and looking forward to winning the election after this one.