On his blog Johann Hari takes apart the Conservatives’ economic policies; however Hari also writes that to take advantage Gordon Brown needs to take heed of his book “Courage” and have some – I believe the Tories are for the taking, they’re bankrupt of ideas.

If politics was purely a clash of ideas, David Cameron would now be facing the same fate as Lehman Brothers. The Tory leader has reversed his beliefs on many issues, from global warming to gay rights, but on one question he has shown lifelong consistency: rolling back government regulation until we have a small, small state. He is never more passionate than when condemning “the mania for regulation” and declaring that the state “does too much.” It is the beating heart of his politics – and it just had an attack of angina before a watching world. Read the rest on Johann’s blog.