Conservatives target Labour heartlands
Thursday, 29 April 2010
The Conservative leader arrived at a soft-drinks bottling plant in Outwood, West Yorkshire as part of a Tory plan to 'expand the battlefield' of the election and target Labour heartlands, reports Internet.
The foray into the seat fought by Mr Balls, the schools secretary and a possible future Labour leader, has led Conservative aides to joke that Mr Cameron is now pursuing a 'castration strategy' against Labour.
Morley and Outwood, near Leeds, is a new seat. Projections suggest that Labour is effectively defending a 10,000-vote majority.
However, Mr Cameron this week suggested that the seat is one of a number of Labour areas he now believes could fall to the Conservatives next Thursday.
Tory strategists believe that the recent advances of the Liberal Democrats have put new seats in play at the election. In northern seats held by Labour, they say, the Lib Dems have gained at Labour's expense, giving Tory candidates in some of those seats a better chance of victory.
Mr Cameron is hoping to capitalise on Labour's significant political difficulties. Labour is now consistently polling below 30 per cent, meaning other parties are starting to eat into its core vote.
The foray into the seat fought by Mr Balls, the schools secretary and a possible future Labour leader, has led Conservative aides to joke that Mr Cameron is now pursuing a 'castration strategy' against Labour.
Morley and Outwood, near Leeds, is a new seat. Projections suggest that Labour is effectively defending a 10,000-vote majority.
However, Mr Cameron this week suggested that the seat is one of a number of Labour areas he now believes could fall to the Conservatives next Thursday.
Tory strategists believe that the recent advances of the Liberal Democrats have put new seats in play at the election. In northern seats held by Labour, they say, the Lib Dems have gained at Labour's expense, giving Tory candidates in some of those seats a better chance of victory.
Mr Cameron is hoping to capitalise on Labour's significant political difficulties. Labour is now consistently polling below 30 per cent, meaning other parties are starting to eat into its core vote.