What if Brown actually has no choice ?

Perhaps Brown knows something about the future that means he has to go now, but what ?

1. Impending sharp economic down turn.
2. Hidden scandal in public finances.
3. War with Iran - before Bush leaves office.

Personally I think the Conservative position is stronger than advertised. The Telegraph and Daily mail have been acting oddly for a couple of months -= encouraging Gordon to go now. Are they setting a trap for him ( "Its all a Tory plot" - my favourite catch phrase from late 1980's student politics ).

We will find out - and Gordon will try to hide the truth.

Update: It appears he does. He's wimped out as the latest polls show the Conservatives in the lead in key marginals.

Another general election with our armed forces unable to vote ?

Just saw this on the Electoral Commission's web site. It confirms my worse fears that many naturally Conservative voting people will be disenfranchised in Gordon Brown does his cut and run general election. ( Up to 65% of overseas members of the armed forces couldn't vote last time. )

Maybe instead of running round the country using tax payers money for party electioneering (the citizen's jury con) Gordon Brown should do something about this - or delay the election.

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Armed Forces personnel & their families encouraged to register to vote!

In partnership with the Ministry of Defence we have recently launched an information campaign for members of HM Forces and their families to encourage them to register to vote. A mailing of information leaflets, posters and resource CDs is currently winging its way to every military unit around the globe.

During October, Unit Registration Officers will be leading 'registration days' where personnel will be encouraged to register, and they will be able to ask questions about registration, elections and voting. We are also encouraging Electoral Registration Officers to work with military units to get personnel registered.

The leaflet Register to vote voting information for members of Her Majestys Armed Forces and their families can be downloaded, or ordered in hard copy from the Do Politics Centre.

For more information about registering or how to cast your vote, go to aboutmyvote.co.uk.

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Gordon's debt time bomb

Gordon and his little servants (Ed Balls & co) are busy executing their strategy to destabilise David Cameron's leadership. Which is why we need to see it for what it is, and not to provide support for the enemy as Janet Daley has done today in the Telegraph. (I'm normally a big Janet Daley fan - and am just a willing to criticise my own party, but her timing is off now.)

But one part of the strategy - creating uncertainty about the election and the launch of the "We can't guarantee David Cameron being leader at the next election" meme by Ed Balls, may be closer to the truth.

People assume that Gordon Brown won't go for a smash and grab general election as he's too cautious / cowardly. But what if he has little choice ? He understands how badly in debt Britain is. He has already started cutting back on spending in England ( Schools and Hospitals) - but not Wales and Scotland were Labour gets its MPs from.

Future revenues from pensions have been brought forward in time and confiscated from peoples pensions by Gordon Brown's five billion a years raid on pensions. The use of PFI has run up the government's credit card, off balance sheet of course. ( Perhaps as one of his acts of spin reforms he's announcing he could bring that debt back on the books ? No - thought not.)

But equally badly the British people have over stretched themselves. Their debt is also unsustainable - and cannot keep increasing to finance Gordon's ever increasing, and unreformed - specifically blocked by Gordon Brown - public sector.

Don't take my word for it - there's an article in this weeks Economist on debt that explains that servicing of debts is now at its greatest burden since that day ( and it was only a day Labour Trolls note ) when interest rates went to 15% as we fell out of the ERM that Labour and the Lib Dems wanted us in so badly.

Gordon Brown has done for prosperity what Neville Chamberlain did for peace - made the day of reckoning much more painful ... We need to make sure the people understand what has been done in case Gordon goes for an early election.