Cameron Rattled Already?

Remember the David Cameron who was going to give us a new form of politics? One that was about policies and got rid of the personal attacks.

So it must have been someone else who was interviewed by the Telegraph on Sunday.


Polls are showing a consistent trend that whilst Cameron is 'more popular' than Brown, Brown scores higher on everything to do with weight, experience, competence and judgement. Could it be that the Tories are already panicking?

And behind the headlines, there's a second quote that deserves more attention, about half way down the story:-

"I've made all sorts of mistakes but I haven't done or said anything that I don't feel 100 per cent comfortable about"

This is the man who was a key economic adviser to Norman Lamont at the time of Black Wednesday; the man who wrote the last Tory manifesto and is now distanced himself from it at a rate of knots - and he has never done or said anything he does not feel 100 percent comfortable about?


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Re: Cameron Rattled Already? (#1)

"One that was about policies and got rid of the personal attacks.
So it must have been someone else who was interviewed by the Telegraph on Sunday"

Osborne is even worse. Yesterday he went on and on at a frigne meetings attacking Brown for his characater
Yesterday Sky gave him a negative coverage though. The report about his attacks remarked that Osborne's taste in questionable, that DC promised the end of punch and judy, but Osborne isn't doing it, that the level of political debate won't be raised by Osborne's attacks and that maybe he has gone an attack too far this time

Re: Cameron Rattled Already? (#2)

The Tories will go in for character assasination on Brown, just like the Republicans did to Kerry. So,if Brown becomes PM I hope the whole Party will rally around and not give Tories extra ammunition. Clarke and Blunkett please note. Shut it.

Re: Cameron Rattled Already? (#3)

Cameron attacking anyone for being pushed around by image consultants is frankly beyond parody.

He may have made a general error with this one though - Brown is usually considered "strong" in most polls, so attacking him for being weak won't necessarily chime with the electorate.

For a political attack line to work it generally has to run with the thread of what the public already think (even if the public are wrong!) so you usually focus on areas where people already have a negative impression. I'm surprised that Cameron's spin doctors pushed this line.

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We in Labour will take the Cameron threat lightly at our peril.

Since when have aspirant,middle classes and upper class twits needed policies?

Cameron will win the next election because Labour lost touch with its own electorate and took it for granted.
Not to mention lying to the people over war.
That war will be our undoing no matter what Gordon Brown or anyone else does.
It sealed our fate.

Re: Cameron Rattled Already? (#5)

Cameron won't win the next election. He's all hype and no substance. He can't even do the communication stuff properly, with a mediocre speech ending with a shouted "Let sunshine win the day" (!?)

The self-styled "heir to Blair" can't even deliver a good speech. And he can't hold a candle Brown when it comes to substance and intellect. So what's the point of him?

I'm finding the Tory conference dull as ditchwater. Cameron, mediocre as he is, is actually the best of the Tories, the others are even more mediocre. Nobody is going to elect them - they can't even organise their conference properly. Imagine how running a country, plus two wars, plus dealing with events, would overwhelm them. The British public is not silly.

Re: Cameron Rattled Already? (#6)

PS Take a look at the following brilliant cartoon (Thanks to roger at political betting for posting the link)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/martinrowson/archive/0,,1284262,00.html

Re: Cameron Rattled Already? (#7)

You're right, Cameron won't win the next election. Unfortunately Brown will lose it for us. Same difference. Anybody who thinks differently is deluded. Brown should park his personal ambitions and put the party first.

Re: Cameron Rattled Already? (#8)

"they can't even organise their conference properly"

errr neither can we, as evidenced by delegates and visitors/exhibitors roaming the streets for several days waiting for non existent passes.