Polls Apart

Why are the Polls Narrowing ? Hopi has his theory and I have mine...
His
believe this increasing awareness of a looming Choice, plus the sense that the recession could have been much, much worse, and we’re not out of it yet, is what is leading the polls to narrow,
Mine
Yes Hopi at some unconscious level people know that your narrative trouvé is deeply right , natch.Get a grip . The recession could not have been much worse and had we not overspent it could and should have been a lot better . Gordon Brown was quick off the mark guaranteeing the banks with Public money , course he was , he only delayed three week s to recover from the painful priapic symptoms the chance gave him.Its less mysterious than that

1 The Government always closes the lead as the election gets closer and the scrutiny falls on the opposition
2 Gordon Brown has engineered a boom to coincide with election .People have pots of cash due to low interest rates and have not internalised what paying it back is going to be like
3 In uncertain times people tend to stick with what they know . They see the headlines” Help” , they feels the “Not too bad” , they think , “ Could be worse”4 Any of the 8,000,000 who work for the state who might have defected will remember where their bread is buttered as will all the subsidised sectors

This was always going to be Brown’s strategy and it is working . I can only hope that a memory of houses made of sweets and what they import lurks at as unconscious level . I trust that in the voting booth the deep knowledge that I am right will re-assert itself