By David Cronin

It is a measure of how little separates Britain’s three major parties on issues of substance that the worst insult flung at the Liberal Democrats so far is an accusation that their policies are “eccentric”.

By Eamonn Dwyer

Gordon Brown’s accidentally recorded side-swipes at a venting voter are devastating. It lays bare his claim to care about ordinary people’s problems, and instead reveals a two-faced politician obsessed with the stage management of his campaign.