Taking Victory for Granted

I know I am definetly not alone here, but one thing that irritates me about the Conservatives (amongst other things), is the fact that they seem to be taking victory at the next general election for granted.

Take the triumphalist tone of many of the Conservative blogs, a classic example being Nadine Dorries' recent blog post where she takes Tory victory completely for granted, or even comments about "Sealing the Deal" with the electorate, as if there was a deal in the first place! Deals between political parties and the electorate as a whole are only made once the Party in question has the majority of seats in the House of Commons.

To be fair, Labour has made this mistake as well.. In fact we were foolish enough to make it twice, once in 1970 and once in 1992, followed swiftly by a shock defeat at the general election. We learnt our lesson so much that when it came to the Opinion Polls prior to the 1997 election, many of us refuse to believe them.

But as far as I am concerned, the Conservatives (providing they lose, because if they will win it will make their arrogance even more insufferable) can continue to take victory for granted. We, however, must not. It bugs me when a prior date, a long way to Pay Day,or indeed the bad weather lately, has prevented me helping in my local area, or Jim Fitzpatrick in Poplar and Limehouse, or David Rowntree in Westminster, or (at a local level) Alex, Jessica, and Gary in Islington, simply because every vote counts, win or lose, and when the going gets tough that's when Labour must fight back. I appreciate we have not been fantastic in government, but trust me, the Tories would be far worse. They will slash public spending in all the sensitive areas, privatise on ideological principle, not pragmatic reasons, and fail to help keep Britain from the depths of the recession.What is the icing on the vomit ridden cake with that is that the Conservatives think they are about to just idlly waltz into No 10 and do as they please

Well lets work to prove them wrong!