Catalyst for Tory criticism: PM Gordon Brown announcing, on photoshoot tour of Iraq during Tory Party Conference, the withdrawal of 1,000 British troops from Basra by year's end.
Catalyst for withdrawal: War bad in general. This particular war very bad. Snap November election in the offing given strong 11 point lead in polls and withdrawal can only improve that position.
So to the, ehem, snot-Greens: I suppose all those conference proposals of this week -- to increase the inheritance tax threshold and lower stamp duty -- are in no way an attempt to curry favour with middle England and claw-back some poll positioning ahead of that impending snap..? While I accept that politicians are slimy, self-interested, self-aggrandising back-stabbers, I do expect somewhat less sophomoric journalism from the BBC.
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