Transpolitical crosspolicying

Sorry, the title is a bit contrived, but it sums up for me where we are with the latest round of policy declarations from the main political parties.

The Labour Party are now presenting themselves as the financially responsible, economically competent party, making a strong contrast to the Conservatives who are distributing largesse as though money is about to go out of fashion.

Meanwhile the Liberal Democrats (traditionally accused of being light on detail) have produced some of the most detailed financial analysis of all the political parties.

It’s fascinating to watch how, in order to counter their perceived weaknesses, the parties appear to be doing the political equivalent of cross dressing. It will be interesting to see how the Conservatives try to attack the other parties on financial competence given their own inability to explain how they will fund their promises.