Election prediction

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

BFYP

Interesting point on the Tories and communication.

Look back at old elections. It's amazing how often the losing side tells itself that its policies were right but it just didn't communicate them well enough.

Even more amazing about the Tories and communication has been the lack of explanation about their sudden declaration of extra funding for the NHS...until they finally come up with the limp 'explanation' that it will come from a 'growing economy'. Which is exactly the sort of policy they claimed that would turn the UK into Greece under Labour at the last general election! It never ceases to amaze me how much of a short-term memory politicians think the electorate has at times!

You mean this sort of lack of explanation, when asked a straight question?

Wasn't it David Cameron that said a straight question deserves a straight answer, only a couple of weeks ago?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/george-osborne-refuses-answer-nhs-5507896

I agree completely on this.  Protecting the NHS and increasing funding is vital.  I've been using NHS services at hospitals, walk in centres etc recently and the service has been brilliant.  But it should be quite clear in their strategy how can that not be communicated.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Filo

Actually, he said a straight answer deserves a straight question.


00:20 here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/11494238/Ed-Miliband-flounders-after-David-Camerons-VAT-pledge.html
Fascinating how no-one in the media picked him up on that fumble when under pressure. I wonder what their reaction would have been if a Milliband had ballsed up such a simple statement? Given the track record of chortling over everything from his typos when tweeting about Bob Holness to his inability to swallow a bacon sandwich, I suspect they'd have had a good guffaw. 

The Telegraph article, where that video comes from, is headed "Milliband Flounders After Cameron's VAT Pledge."

[Yargo]

Imagine if Labour had Gideon in its ranks,not to be sniffed at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0y_K9a8XUQ