This week’s Big Question poll provides evidence of the extent to which Labour has neutralised economic management as an issue in the election. But while 50% of the respondents give Labour the thumbs up in this sphere, they nevertheless stump for the Tories. This faith in all things Tory extends to the party’s legal policies, a judgement that must be based on instinct rather than facts given the dearth of legal pledges that have emanated from Central Office.
The quality of Tory thinking is best summed up by last year’s fatuous claim that the Human Rights Act is fostering a compensation culture – a charge the shadow attorney general, Dominic Grieve, recently went out of his way to refute.
