Steady as she goes

These three so called "big beasts" have a difficult job on their hands. They have to do enough in policy terms to not be accused of being a vacuum (which they aren't) but they don't want to do too much otherwise Labour will steel all their policies and badly implement them.

Secondly they have to watch the Labour attack line on them lacking experience on the economy. (Cameron did well in his conference speech dealing with that - they must maintain it).

Finally they have to make sure the Tory fringes don't get too excited otherwise there could be a bit too much gossip and moaning that could detract from Labours collapse. Over confidence would be a disaster.

If these issues can be handled then good polls should be maintained and a Labour loss realised at the next election.

Only 18 months to go!