Has G.Brown any objectives?

David Cameron is quoted today as having said "This Government has been in charge for too long. They have forgotten what they are there for."

In one sense this is true - they seem to have run out of vision for our society and merely cobble together new policies/wheezes with remarkable frequency, introducing new ones even before the previous ones have been digested or settled down.

In another sense they know what they want, to remain in government at all costs and by all means. Their cause is the only good one, they believe, so anything is justified if it serves the cause. They were able regularly to re-write history under Blair and deny things they were recorded as having said, because of the need of the narrative, the cause.

The Conservatives also believe that their cause is the best one, and the LibDems for that matter also, and once in power will wish to continue.

Then is there any difference between the parties in what lengths they will go to to achieve and maintain power? I think that smearing may be the one area where the Tories will draw the line. This is an American (Democratic party) campaign tactic (- do you remember the attempts to discredit Sarah Palin?) which has been imported by Blair and Brown.

I can imagine poison between Tory MPs and easily envisage attempts to make Labour ministers seem incompetent, but I cannot imagine briefing against colleagues and opponents and spreading rumours about their personal life. I hope that the future will not show me to be wrong.