It seems a bit early to be predicting the next election rather than today's, but in some ways that is my greater concern. Labour will have to ensure over the next term that people *feel^ better off and that is not GDP, or NHS queue statistics or inflation rates or immigration numbers. All those play into the feeling, but it is the feeling that matters in the end. If people enter the next election feeling hopeful, Labour will be granted the second term they have said throughout they will need.

If not, I think we could be in "a plague on both your houses" territory and one of the smaller parties this time will get it in.