Running Scared?

The Havant Conservatives mine the BBC web site for comments on the General Election that never was. They include a quotation from Martin Linton.

We've as good a chance of winning now as we would in two years' time. We're ready for it at any time. If you're in a marginal like this you have to be ready for it at all times.

Clearly the prime minister has considered the possibility of having an election now and he has decided against it, which I think is the right decision.

People don't want to have an election now unless it's absolutely necessary.