Conservatives campaigning in the south of England have been given a new line to push over the last year- that cuts to local services are due to Labour diverting money 'up north.' 

It's a badly kept secret that most of the right of centre press in this country would like to see a Conservative Government. You get the feeling that the only reason the Murdoch press has backed New Labour for 10 years in because the Tories were so unbackable in the shape they were in.

But let's look at a couple of the tabloid stories today in The Sun.