{"id":6325,"date":"2010-03-09T13:11:03","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T11:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=6325"},"modified":"2010-03-09T13:11:03","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T11:11:03","slug":"labour-and-tories-neck-and-neck-in-marginals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2010\/03\/09\/labour-and-tories-neck-and-neck-in-marginals\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour and Tories neck and neck in marginals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Labour and Tories neck and neck in marginals - Times Online <\/a>.<\/p>\n

Staggering.<\/p>\n

As the First Post says:<\/p>\n

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W<\/span>here has it all gone wrong for David Cameron? Considering the desperate record of the present government, the outcome of this spring's general election should be a foregone conclusion. But instead, it's the Conservatives and not Labour who are in disarray as a series of polls show their lead continuing to shrink \u2014 culminating in today's Populus survey for the Times<\/a><\/em> which suggests the two parties are neck and neck in 100 key marginals where Tory strategists expected to be well ahead.<\/span><\/h1>\n

What seemed unthinkable a few months back - the re-election of Gordon Brown and Labour - now seems distinctly possible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Tories have got it very, very wrong for that to even be plausible at this stage.<\/p>\n

And what all sensible people are asking is \"if they can get things so wrong now, how badly can they go wrong when they've got power?\"<\/p>\n

The answer is obvious, of course.<\/p>\n

I've never looked forward to an election so much, and with so much hope that no one wins - and that real reform from a coalition follows.<\/p>\n

What real reform? Well, electoral reform, a Green New Deal, financial transaction taxes, banking reform, and tax justice would all be good for the UK.<\/p>\n

Let's start with them.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Labour and Tories neck and neck in marginals – Times Online . Staggering. As the First Post says: Where has it all gone wrong for
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