It’s been 100 days since love was in the air in the Rose Garden. So, how’s
it been for you? For most, the Honeymoon continues. An ICM poll for the Telegraph
reveals that 46 percent think the government is governing well and that 44 percent believe the government is doing a ‘good job’ in securing economic recovery, against 37 percent who
think we’re irreversibly on the road to ruin.
True, spending cuts have not yet hit the easily swayed and the government’s popularity will recede, but it won’t collapse – the 37 percent who think the economy is doomed do so for ideological reasons, the economy has not tanked yet. More serious are the Liberal Democrat’s stunted poll ratings, but the price paid for absconding from their self-professed duty to restore stability to the nation’s finances will be even greater – this is the Liberal Democrat’s great moment.
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