Believe Labour can win

By Malcolm Clarke / @Mal255

The new posters revealed by the Conservatives should not dishearten the Labour movement, but encourage it. They show that Cameron is prepared to say and do whatever it takes to get into power. He has already changed his mind on numerous policies and abandoned his pledge to rid politics of “Punch and Judy” style personal attacks. But his new ad campaign is more focused on Gordon Brown than ever in a campaign to personally undermine his ability to lead the country. It appears that Cameron cannot believe that in a choice between Gordon and himself he could ever come second.

Seemingly, every time The Sun campaigns against Gordon Brown, Labour’s position in the polls improves. The country are aware of the alleged failings that the Conservatives are talking about, yet Labour have put forward a series of pledges to address the problems the country faces after the economic downturn. Meanwhile, the Conservatives simply refer to these problems and ask for “change”. Quite rightly, the public are curious to know what this change is. The Conservatives are unable to offer adequate answers.

Anyone can see we have a large deficit which must be addressed, and Labour has admitted that there will be cuts. Yet Labour has also pledged to protect the frontline services we all depend on, rather than adopting the apparent one-size-fits-all cuts programme proposed by the Conservatives.

The car scrappage scheme protected thousands of jobs not only in the motoring industry but in the related industries that depend on it, but the Conservatives opposed the idea because they believe in letting the market re-organise itself. Labour – with its stimulus and guarantees – prefers a more proactive approach the economy during tough times, to reduce the impact of recession and assist as many people as possible, particularly those who are most vulnerable.

The recession was not politically caused, but there have been vast political differences on how it was mitigated, and there are political differences on how the recovery should be managed now. There is a real choice to be made for people at this election, and only one party is offering to continue to steer us through that recovery: Labour.

We still believe Labour can win – and we still believe Labour must win.