It may be 'time for a change', but should we not promote the fiction that policies matter? Otherwise how can we hope that a new administration will bother to deal with the Scottish question, the EU question, the council tax ...... Or at least promise to do so.

John Ledbury, Kings Lynn, England

Who appears to be more honest? At a general election I believe Nick Clegg will shine and surprise you. I long for a conservative government, I wish I had a conservative party to vote for.

Terry Nicks, Radstock, England

"Blair timed his arrival brilliantly". I remember it being the untimely death of his predecessor that let him out of the bag! And, like others, I've seen no reason to vote for any one over another until I see the promises. NuLab promised an end to sleaze and better services - as yet undelivered.

KR, Stockport,

Labour's politcal propaganda here in Crewe during the past couple of weeks has been nothing short of appalling - attacking the Tory opposition simply because he had a 'privileged upbringing'.

Good Luck to him - at least Edward's campaign has actually focused on real political issues.

Paul, Crewe, UK

Whatever the result in Crewe, Brown is going nowhere. He is a 'spent' force . This country has sub-consciously moved to a presidential style of choice. Brown is a party elected leader only Late in 2009, the fiscal surge will start rolling up the Thames as a last throw of the dice.

michael murphy, brightlingsea, england

Labour certainly deserves to lose Crewe and Nantwich after their years of ignoring what the people want have encouraged greedy developers to ruin the area.

Bill Atkins, Rehoboth Beach, USA

Politicians just don't get it: people are scared. They are scared about their jobs, their housing, and how they are going to feed their families. In the U.K, as here in the U.S., voters have only one outlet for this fear: new politicians. No political seat is safe.

Susan, Dallas, TX, USA

1 nagging thought: is Cameron the Tories' Neil Kinnock.

John Major was terribly unpopular in 1992, but in the end, not enough voters could see Kinnock as PM, to turf the Tories out.

Andrew Forbes, Thames Ditton, Surrey

True to all elections in ths country the electorate vote against a party or prime-minister.The current lot are like a football club who have lost all their main players and are now fielding the academy kids- not enough talent or maturity.What Cameron should do is solve the Scottish problem

walter doyle, widnes,

What change are you talking about?Cameron has talked about change in only the most general terms.There is no real commitment to changing anything-except the faces with their snouts in the top table trough.As a Conservative voter,I shall not be voting for Camron until he shows how he will change.

Norman, Notts,

How can you call the current political mood a swing of the pendulum? There isnt a fag paper of difference between the two main parties, and the Lib Dems are for reasons best known to themselves, failing to exploit that. There is now a media driven call for change but without understanding to what

John, Maidstone,

Such a pity the tide cannot turn quicker in our democacy than once every four years. Serious consideration should be given to Ed Balls' wonderfully mature view of smears and pantomime in elections as "adventurous ways of campaigning". Can we not take this further? A la Zimbabwe, perhaps?

john problem, winchester, uk

Ah yes! The pendulum swings once again. Tweedledum takes Crewe & Nantwich from Tweedledee....landslide for 'heir to Blair' Cameron at the next General Election with huge majority!
1997 all over again, but in reverse (or not, as the case may be)!

Things can only ....stay very much the same.

David Moon, Seaford, Sussex

I disagree that a Labour loss will be because "voters simply decide it is time for a change". This suggests that Labour is just a hapless and blameless victim of the natural political cycle.

Surely Labour is responsible for its own downfall due to its sleaze, spin, incompetence, dishonesty, etc.?

Chris K, Cheltenham, UK

So the tide is turning from Tories with red and yellow rosettes back to the true-blue rosetted variety. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

Paul, Coventry,

In the early years of the New Labour Government, their policies were believed without question. There was little outrage over their stealth taxes, destruction of pensions and sale of gold at the bottom of the market. Now there every action is watched with distrust. Gordon Brown has been rumbled.

Stanley Kenner, Barkingside, England

And so we are set to have yet another government that totally fails to reflect what the majority opinion in this country and can impose its will without discussion or effective debate. With less than 45% they can have an overwhelming majority. This is appalling! Bring on PR, now!

Robert C, London , UK

I notice (with irony) that NuLabour are not attacking the `heriditary principal` in the current bye-election.

Peter Bolt, Redditch, UK

Come the General Election, Labour will be lucky to be the main opposition.

Andrew Milner, Karuizawa, Japan

This government has totally lost the trust of the British people with its lies and incompetence and has even attacked its own natural supporters with the 10p rate. The Labour party now desperately needs a long period in opposition to work out exactly what it is for, as it clearly has forgotten.

Roger, swindon,

I believe the tide will turn and the Tories will win Crewe - funnily enough with Mrs Dunwoody's blessing from above. She was getting rather fed up with New Labour also if the truth be known !!!

Ian Payne, WALSALL,