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I maintain that the Tories handed over an economy in reasonable condition in 1997, which is more than any other Labour government have managed to do. I also think that Blair and Brown were fortunate to be in power just as the internet boom was about to take place. The effect on the domestic...

The economy was in a reasonable state in 1997 when Blair took over. This is my point.

In which case it's one hell of a coincidence how Labour always manage to leave government with the country in economic dire straits.

I think people underestimate how difficult it is to pull a country out of the sort of mess Labour left us in. We're now in pretty good shape, whereas France is in a state and Spain is ****ed.

We all know Ed Miliband is unlikely to ever be a decent Prime Minister. This election is all about how much damage UKIP will do to the number of Tory seats. If there was no UKIP the Tories would already have this in the bag.