Gordon Brown moves through on the inside

I should now be fixing the the toilet seat but instead I am writing my first ever Blog. Fixing the toilet seat will definitely be of more benefit to society as a whole but with this being the online election I thought I would throw in a few thoughts (I should also be out delivering the first drop of direct mail for my MP but that crucial boost to his campaign has again been put off until tomorrow). Clegg mania has given the election a much needed boost. The media commentators in concentrating on the Lib Dem bandwagon have missed the fact that in my view Gordon Brown was the real winner of the first leaders debate. Like the fabled tortoise slowly plodding past on the inside rail while the other two tussle over the mantle of leading candidate for change. The result in the polls has the Lib Dems in the mix but crucially the difference between Labour and the Tories has now narrowed to 4-6 points. If this is replicated in the key seats it really will be game on with labour in a position to possibly win the election which is something that seemed very unlikely even as recently as last Wednesday when polling showed David Cameron with a 12 point lead in the marginals. Talk about a week being a long time in politics a few days now seems like a life time.