Like two tired horses being urged on by their increasingly desperate jockeys the two main political parties are hurtling towards the final fence which will decide the race.
Will Darling be the darling of the electorate when the content of the budget has sunk in? Get it right and Darling will be credited with winning the election for Labour. Should Labour fall at this fence there will not be time to catch the Tories in the finishing straight, assuming the election is on 6th May.
The conundrum is: what does the electorate want to hear? Should the message be about austerity, cuts in public expenditure and hard times or about no tax rises and even handing out a few lollipops? The budget will be only about winning the election, not about what is best for the economy. Have either of the two major parties any idea what it is that will satisfy the electorate and help the economy? Have they gauged correctly the mood of the electorate?
Will either of the main parties do enough to see off the threat of the third runner sharing the spoils of victory?
KENT COMMUNITY ACTIVIST: acerbic, carping, caustic, curmudgeonly,critical, cynical, grumpy, moaning, sardonic and plain speaking.
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