Andrew Rawnsley’s Observer column predicts a harsh and bloody future combat between Cameron and Brown in the run to the next parliament whenever that will be. It will be personal and bloody.

The truth is that it has to be personal because they have no policy or ideological differences. Cameron far from being the end to partisan politics, where real practical policy comes over stubborn opposition is the pinnacle of party politics. Abandoning everything, all philosophy and ideology in the cynical attempt to get the Conservative Party back in power. It’s not about the merits of a Conservative approach only the party.

Such is shown by the now disastrous Lit affair the whole donation scandal will blow over if Cameron performs well, but failure to do so will really hang over Cameron’s head. That said all three party leaders have a lot invested on these by elections.

The Observer once again the wee corners of its editorial starts sticking its all so patronising noise in Lib Dem business saying that if Ming performs badly we will need to assess our leader. This coming from the newspaper group, which in the 2005 GE, flip flopped between reluctant support for New Labour and announcing the wholesale corruption of the Third Way. Perhaps when the Observer and Guardian show real leadership themselves and support the Lib Dems which they sometimes seem frustratingly close to doing I will consider their opinion of Ming important.