Cameron has not, alas, broken free of the never-ending opinion poll bungee
jump which is the story of his leadership of the Conservative Party. Cleggmania is a bubble – but the thing about bubbles is that one can never quite tell when they will burst. The Tories,
who have lost the most votes due to this bubble, will have their needles out. But in my News of the World column today I suggest they focus on policy
because they do have hard ideas that could radically change Britain.
Cameron missed a trick by failing to mention his single best policy, Gove’s school reform, last week. On immigration, his plan for reducing it is the most radical promise on the market, and his linking it with welfare shows maturity and sophistication. Immigration is an electric issue for the electorate, and so it makes sense for him to make much more of his immigration policy.
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