The sense that the 2010 general election campaign marks the ending of an era was captured perfectly yesterday by two of Gordon Brown's closest allies, Ed Balls and Peter Hain. Both urged the public to vote not for Labour but for the Liberal Democrats if it would help to keep the Conservatives out. It is entirely in character for Labour, staring defeat in the face, to resort to such cynical tactics; it is of a piece with a campaign strategy that has relied largely on scare-mongering and threat. Bereft of conviction, vision and energy, the governing party has finally run out of road.
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