Where Mr Cameron is certainly lacking experience is in the good ole’ University of Life.

Moving seamlessly from Eton to Oxford to a cushy PR job in media, to Tory MP in a super safe seat strongly suggests that he has zero clue about the challenges facing ordinary British voters.

That is the main worry over Cameron’s fitness to be PM. His Life experience is so far removed from the vast majority of the population that he cannot possibly be trusted to act in their interest.

The ill-judged IHT pledge is an ominous omen of where Cameron’s real priorites lie.

Cameron isn’t fresh anymore, he became leader too early.

I don’t think he became leader too early but rather the case that his rebranding exercise can only achieve so much. He does have experience at the Treasury but that was as a Special Advisor to Norman Lamont from May 93- Sep 93 including Black Wednesday, which doesn’t really help him much.

They doubt his abilities, but they have absolutely no doubt that Brown is a bit shit.

@1 BenM: “The ill-judged IHT pledge is an ominous omen of where Cameron’s real priorites lie.”

I’m not so sure whether the inheritance tax pledge was ill judged. It absolutely hit the button of middle class folks who have ludicrously overestimated the wealth that they will possess on death. The latter point about priorities is spot-on.

Now that the election has started, let us remember the fine words that have been spoken by Cameron’s natural supporters.

On appointment, the BBC quoted two: “But Mr Cameron’s period at Carlton is not remembered so fondly by some of the journalists who had to deal with him.

Jeff Randall, writing in The Daily Telegraph where he is a senior executive, said he would not trust Mr Cameron “with my daughter’s pocket money”.

“To describe Cameron’s approach to corporate PR as unhelpful and evasive overstates by a widish margin the clarity and plain-speaking that he brought to the job of being Michael Green’s mouthpiece,” wrote the ex-BBC business editor.

“In my experience, Cameron never gave a straight answer when dissemblance was a plausible alternative, which probably makes him perfectly suited for the role he now seeks: the next Tony Blair,” Mr Randall wrote.

Sun business editor Ian King, recalling the same era, described Mr Cameron as a “poisonous, slippery individual”.”

(Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4502656.stm)

My theory as to why there are so many undecideds is that many of them are lifelong Labour voters who feel let down and are seriously contemplating a switch to the dark side. In the end they may not. I still have a sneaking suspicion at least one serious Labour stronghold will come down. These places spent the Tory years returning Labour candidates and then blaming the Tories for their problem. Now that we’ve had 13 years of Labour and many of them are still sink estates, I just have a feeling that in one area there will be enough people saying “ok, time for a change”.

But then, I am a Tory so you should probably take my opinions with a pinch of salt.

With regards to Richard’s comment, was D-Cam ever fresh?