When I was invited to blog “Can Cameron Crack It?” I was in two minds over what the organisers meant by ‘crack it’. What I think they meant, was can David Cameron break out of the straightjacket of 31-35% in the polls to win an election. At least I hope it was. With five speakers like Simon Heffer, Peter Kellner, Shami Chakrabarti, Nick Clegg and Ed Vaizey it was a pretty sure bet that there would be a variety of views. And so it proved. Kirsty Lang, who chaired the event, posed the question, what is the centre ground nowadays? The politician who answers this question is the one who will most likely win the next election. Read more…