Summary
THE morning after the night before is a dispiriting experience generally; it's no different in politics. After the Prime Minister's stirring speech to rally the troops, not to mention the American style glitz injected by his wife Sarah -- who seemed to have taken the example of Michelle Obama very much to heart -- Mr Brown's prospects look rather different in the cold light of another day.
For one thing, the troops at conference woke up to the news that Rupert Murdoch's The Sun is going to back the Tories. This is not particularly surprising, nor does the paper have quite the ability to swing the popular vote that it makes out; rather, it has a sound sense for which way the current is going, and swims with it. And the truth is that this conference, for all the feelgood endorphins, will not be enough to turn the tide. Labour was behind in the polls at the outset and while there may be a temporary Brown bounce, that recovery is unlikely to be sustained for long.See the full content of this document
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Gordon's Morning After the Night Before
Some of the reasons for the underlying disaffection with the Prime Minister's performance ca...
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