The Tory economic plan is NOT working, at all - sadly, their PR war is

David Cameron has successfully framed this election on the four Ds of deficit, deceit, deals and delusion

If the opinion polls are right, Britain will wake up politically rudderless on Friday. That ought to cause panic in the City but it won't because a hung parliament is taken for granted. Share prices are close to a record high and the interest rates on government bonds are low, even though there could be weeks of haggling ahead.

All this is in the price. The financial markets know that the Bank of England will still be calling the shots whether David Cameron or Ed Miliband is prime minister and take comfort from that.

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