PM - Spinning like a top

During the news conference today Gordon Brown said:

"those candidates in marginal seats were telling us we would win the election"

So why, on 5 Live today, did we hear a Labour MP in a marginal say he didn't want an election? I know he is only one - but if this is true you would have thought that our Gordon and his team would have had candidates in marginals queueing up to confirm his comment.

I wish one of the lobby had suggested to him what we all know - that he had stopped talking out of his mouth over why an election wasn't called. There is only one reason, it is because the Conservatives had a fantastically successful conference, which was reflected in the polls.

UPDATE: I have, rather sadly, being going through the text of today's press conference. Gordon said:

"people judge me on the big decisions for the future of the Country."

Deciding to call a General Election is about as big a decision as you can make for the future of the Country. So, in accordance with Gordon's own comments, we are entitled to judge him as a liar if we believe that he changed his mind because of the opinion polls.