On one thing Gordon Brown and David Cameron profess to agree on: Britain’s general election is about the future. The trouble is that even as the prime minister and the Tory leader unveil their programmes for the next parliament, that future remains pretty much a blur. The two leaders are more comfortable in an argument about the past.
The May 6 poll matters more than most. It holds out the possibility of the first change of government since 1997; more importantly, it marks the end of a political settlement that has been based on the assumption of effortless economic growth. Boom has turned to bust and, whatever the political constellation after the votes are counted, Britain is going to feel a different place.
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