Iain Dale has heard from a friend of his in the ad trade that Labour is buying up advertising space for January. This is going to take the rumours about an early election to the next level following on from The News of the World story that never was about election planning meetings in Downing Street and Trevor Kavanagh’s speculation this morning about a February poll.
The argument for Brown going early is that he needs to go during the crisis stage of the recession and before it is evident whether or not the measures he has taken have worked. But the danger for him is that by once again flirting with an early election he reminds the public why they so lost faith in him last autumn.
To deter Brown, the Tories need to start talking about this at every opportunity. The more Brown is asked about it the more likely he is to rule it out.
P.S. If Labour are contemplating going in 2009, it is even more disgraceful that Brown has yet to consent to the Tories having the usual pre-election meetings with the civil service.
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