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Reasons for Mr Cameron to be cheerful

Fraser Nelson

Wednesday, 1st August 2007

Gordon Brown will not holiday abroad this summer. Not for him the allure of a Tuscan palace or the sunbeds of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Gordon Brown will not holiday abroad this summer. Not for him the allure of a Tuscan palace or the sunbeds of Sharm el-Sheikh. The Prime Minister has instead created perfect happiness inside his home in Fife: a room wired up to the 10 Downing Street computer system where he can monitor the government he now controls. He intends to do nothing else this month, save for a quick visit to the south coast. Besides, he already seems well on his way to his main summer destination — the implosion of the Conservative party.

In the space of a few weeks the opinion polls have turned around, and Labour has a seemingly impregnable nine-point lead. Mr Cameron’s aides have been reduced to claiming that they will ‘make history’ by being the first Opposition party to win an election from such a disadvantage. David Davis is trying to stiffen the resolve of his shadow Cabinet colleagues, telling them how the greatest military victories were achieved by seizing opportunity in such moments of despair. From the Tory back benches, it is hard to see how this situation could be recovered.

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