And still things get worse...

Labour's election campaign gets worse and worse and Alan Milburn's assertion of what will matter in "this election" juxtaposes rather sadly with the BBC's comments here. I accept that personal and negative campaigning will be a part of election campaigns but this seems particular tedious and particularly low-brained. The abject refusal to acknowledge any sound economic management in the last years of the Conservative Government in the mid-90s is predictable but sits ill when they wheel out rubbish like this. One of the heartening things of the last few weeks of Conservative campaigning is that they have been overwhelmingly constructive and come out with positive announcement after positive announcement - at this rate they may just avoid a disastrous second and get a decent second!