Election or not?

It's obviously been a good conference for Labour. I think part of the reason is that the public, having been fed negative stories about Gordon Brown by some of the media, have now seen the real thing and they like what they see.

Not surprisingly, the good response from the public and the opinion poll ratings have encouraged a lot of talk about a general election. I've been (pleasantly) surprised by the number of people in the constituency who have said they would be quite keen to see the government getting the endorsement from a fresh general election (hope they're not having me on!). On the other hand, the government still has a mandate for a further 30+ months, and I think we should be wary of getting carried off in a frenzy inspired by the media and the inevitably frenetic atmosphere of a party conference. So should there/will there be a UK general election? My answer is I don't know (on both counts!); but we will know one or the other fairly soon!