Keep Calm and Carry On

The last two weeks have seen somewhat of a fightback by Labour. Not that it's really helping, with the Tories still 13 points ahead. Invigorated by Lisbon and Zac, the reds have gone on the attack. Some blows hurt more than others.

Speaking to members over the weekend TB clocked a sense of frustration with the situation. A certain impatient longing for the fight to really begin. This sentiment must be focused on the enemy though. Getting frustrated with the leadership four months before an election isn't going to help anyone. It was four years ago that sales of M&S pale green ties went into overdrive as every polyester clad tory boy threw away the David Davis badges and woke up on the morning of 7th December 2005 Cameroons.

TB was coming to the end of his first term at university then and so you can imagine his focus was on other things, but he did manage to catch that PMQs the day after the night before.

Look

at the reactions of Blair and Brown when Dave came straight out of the blocks and landed the first of what would become many many dispatch box blows square on Blair's nose. "He was the future once!" No wonder it has taken Brown over two years to win one of these duels.

That jubilation and excitement that dominated within the Party for the next two years must be restored. Four years in opposition is a long time and if the best that Labour can come up with in forty-eight months is to have a go at where someone went to school, then perhaps this is going to be easier than anyone dares to think. Remember that passion in Blackpool in 2005 and 2007. Cameron has done wonders in these four years, governments get tired, oppositions must not. The finishing line is in sight.

One more push.