Around the Web: Conservative manifesto

You can read Fraser’s verdict here, but this is what the rest of the Web had to say:

Janet Daley described it as ‘the perfect pitch’:

‘The Conservatives have just given a launch performance for their manifesto which was as close to perfect as any I have seen. It was clear, coherent and genuinely compelling: the message was simple: people power rather than state power.’

‘Today was also about David Cameron. He made a long speech, too long, and so reminded us that when he is scripted he is less effective. It was later when he let rip with a bit of Angry Dave about the substantial numbers of people who have yet to express a view – the black hole of ‘don’t knows’, about how “the politicians have been treating the public like mugs for about 40 years” that he brought the occasion to life.