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Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

I think the problem is that Labour need to be on point with this stuff more than anybody.Their leader doesn't have the confidence of the people and their persona is that they're no good with money so every gaff they make is under the microscope.
The Tories are so far ahead that it doesn't even matter what they do so it's not getting reported as widely.For them it's just a mistake.For Labour it's being 'useless on the economy'.
Labour need to be fighting as hard as they can and this crap isn't instilling confidence.

I don't disagree, and certainly these incidents aren't going to help the campaign which is irritating - but like I said politicians are human, and are perfectly capable of not remembering every figure they have ever learned when put on the spot. This applies both ways, my issue is with the media jumping down the throat of the Labour shadow cabinet and it being rolling news for 24 hours - and everyone else jumping on the bandwagon - whilst the Tories barely get more than three articles, and nobody gives a ****. As I said the other day, it seems to me that they can literally do and say anything they like, and people will either make excuses for them or ignore it because "strong and stable", "coalition of chaos", "weak leader", etc etc.

I did like the fact that at the manifesto launch, Jeremy pointed out that the Tories have borrowed more than any Labour government in history, and thus they don't need lecturing on economic competence. The Miliband campaign allowed themselves to be defined by Cameron and co as economically weak (like that stupid ****ing note from Liam Byrne that if anyone actually bothered to research, is a customary jovial note left for the successor). I hope they absolutely hammer this point home throughout the campaign because barely anybody knows this and instead just swallows the Tory propaganda. Can you tell I hate the electorate?