Labour’s campaign has been dysfunctional. ‘Bigot-gate’, the concealed
cuts, the absence of a spending review, open challenges to the leadership, infighting and a manifesto that read like the terms of surrender, it has been beset by gaffes and self-immolation. Last
night, Gordon Brown personified the desperation at Labour’s core.
He was negative – dour predictions accompanying an ashen expression. He defibrillated the old cuts versus investment line – a lurid grope for his core vote and one that is incredible in the current circumstances. We expected all of that; what we did not expect was that Brown no longer agrees with Nick. Pitching for what remains of his position on the centre left, he threatened the spectre of a Liberal Conservative ‘Coalition of Cuts’. He concluded by saying: ‘I know that if things stay as they are, perhaps in eight days’ time David Cameron, perhaps supported by Nick Clegg, would be in office.’
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