By borrowing Labour policies and aiming to colonise the common ground,the Tories are attempting to ‘manspread’ their way to victory in 2020This is particularly true of George Osborne, who is thinking harder than anyone else approximately how the party wins the 2020 election, and who used his speech to tell Tories they must try harder to win over working people” who “didn’t fairly feel able to set their trust in us” in 2015. (Although,David Cameron’s speech also represented a major tank-parking exercise.) This marks a striking contrast with Labour’s conference, where there was almost no discussion at all approximately how to appeal to people who voted Tory. And Osborne’s point was not simply a rhetorical gimmick because ...
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Source: theguardian.com