Has the budget changed minds in the election battle?

Well, firstly, I can only say how it's formed my view. And yes, it has. After today's prime minister's questions and the budget speech it's 1-0 to Gordon Brown. The steady and sensible approach to the house of commons fronted by Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown fared more than well to the formless rant by David Cameron.

Labour clearly had the unfair advantage and could finally show the results of its past actions. And they were surprisingly good to hear. For instance, the unemployment rate is well below many of the other European countries and Labour can guarantee a job or training for anyone between 16 - 24 who has been out of work for more than 6 months. Stamp duty for first-time buyers has been abolished for properties up to £250.000 basically meaning that if you were to buy a house you can save approximatley £10.000. And a lot of the budget is predominately being re-couped from the rich and bankers. Very pre-election it has to be said but at the same time a very tempting prospect.

Perhaps a budget for the masses is clearly the key to winning votes. It will take a lot for a Conservative Government to topple that ideology, however, David Cameron did have a chance to make an impact as soon as the budget had finished. And the impression I got? Attacking attacking attacking - fair enough, Gordon Brown seemed to do a bit of that to George Osborne at the beginning of prime minister's questions - but absolutely no solutions. Unless this is part of some grand scheme by the Conservatives, how is a party supposed to win votes by not outlining any dividing policies?

I liked seeing a different side to David Cameron after the Trevor Macdonald interview. But I am now more interested in how a Conservative Government will affect my situation. It was a lively and at times, funny, response to the budget, however, had a sudden obvious lack of solutions. Labour's plans to get the money back through a 10% raise on the price of cider wont affect me, great, so then why didn't David Cameron say something like "we plan to make the money back by raising the tax on motorbike leathers" - yay, even better, I'll vote for him then. It just didn't happen, therefore, you leave us no choice.