Should Labour Be Talking About Power-Sharing Just Days Into Election Campaign?

Gordon Brown has performed well in the Election campaign so far.

However with the opinion polls showing no appreciable difference in ratings between Labour and the Conservatives, the question of what would happen if the Election result was a hung parliament, has inevitably been raised.

In an interview last week, the Prime Minister appeared not to rule out the possibility of power-sharing if Labour does not have an overall majority come May 7.

My concern is, should Labour be talking about the possibility of there being a hung parliament so early in the campaign?

With there being so many people still undecided on how to vote, I would have much preferred Mr Brown to say that he expects Labour to win a majority, rather than sounding unsure about the result.

Recent opinion polls have shown the Conservatives to be only fractionally ahead of Labour.

What happened to the huge lead the Tories had over Labour a year ago? It has simply frittered away.

 This suggests that, despite all the effort that David Cameron has put into changing the Conservative Party since becoming leader, the British electorate have yet to be convinced that the Tories have now shaken off their image as the 'nasty party' and in 2010, represent the interests of the many, rather than the privileged few.

In my view, if the people really want a change of government and are looking to David Cameron and the Conservatives to offer a fresh start for this country, then he and his party should be much further ahead in the polls than they are now.

Whatever the outcome of this election and without being too complacent, the Government owes it to their supporters and the British people to at least appear more confident of outright victory.

Such uncertainty will only serve to persuade those voters who still don't know who they will support to perhaps vote tactically or worse still, not at all.