After 18 months during which Ed Milliband has failed to flatten the economy, failed to throw millions out of work, failed to raise rather then lower Britain's national debt, falied to increase inflation, failed to let the banks off the hook and failed to increase the gulf between rich and poor, British voters have given him the thumbs down. Meanwhile, after succeeding to do all of these things, David Cameron's popularity has increased, with 50% of voters believing, bizzarely, that he's "good in a crisis." At the same time the Coalition's approval rate has slumped to 39%. We asked our political editor for his comments; "This government remains one of the least popular in the history of modern Britain and Nick Clegg is now the most hated person in the country. David Cameron on the other hand, despite being disastrous for this country, has managed to hold his own against Ed Milliband because he's managed to tap into the essential stupidity of British voters. Any PM who insults Europe for any reason whatsover will increase his popularity, even if it's not actually in Britain's national interest. Cameron comes across as being "stronger" than Milliband because he has all the arrogant self-assurance of thr truly stupid - something he has in common with far too many voters. While poor old Ed is busy building reasoned arguments against Cameron's unthinking prejudice, he cannot match the PM's ability to use simple and usually meaningless catchphrases. Nor can he match Cameron's ability to do nothing whatsoever and turn that into a positive virtue as he recently did in Europe. Then there is the "Thatcher factor." Thatcher, despite all the evidence that shows quite conclusively that her economic beliefs were insane and her regard for her own country was nil, remains one of the most popular PM's of all time. Cameron has been able to portray himself as her natural successor - he's stupid, motivated by greed and hates his own people."
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