David Cameron scents victory: is he kidding himself?

The Tories needed a game-changer from George Osborne this week. Did he deliver? Don’t bank on it

Columnist Don Brind

The Conservatives are “starting to believe they can win the general election next May”, according to Matthew d’Ancona, one of those rare journalists reckoned to be on speaking terms with David Cameron.

Under an Evening Standard headline ‘It's make or break for Osborne as the Tories scent a May victory’, d’Ancona says the background to George Osborne’s Autumn Statement on Wednesday was the “audacious” idea that “the Conservatives are starting to believe they can win”.

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is a former BBC lobby correspondent and Labour press officer who is watching the polls for The Week in the run-up to the 2015 election.