The Conservatives made their election slogan ‘Vote for change’, and Mr David Cameron made their flesh creep in a speech at a conference at Brighton concluding: ‘I want you to think of the incredible dark depression of another five years of Gordon Brown.’
The Conservatives made their election slogan ‘Vote for change’, and Mr David Cameron made their flesh creep in a speech at a conference at Brighton concluding: ‘I want you to think of the incredible dark depression of another five years of Gordon Brown.’ A YouGov poll published in the Sunday Times on 28 February put support for the Tories at 37 per cent with Labour at 35 per cent, which would translate as a Labour victory; but another YouGov poll on Wednesday put the Tories at 38 per cent and Labour at 33 per cent. The pound fell to a nine-month low of $1.48 in market fears of a hung parliament.

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