Autum election not on the cards.

Smugly, I would like to point out that I was right.

Gordon Brown has now gone on record to state that that there will not be an autumn election. In his own words he acknowledged that he had a duty of care to consider a snap election but that on balance he wanted to show his vision for Briton before going to the electorate.

The Tories have regressed to childish politics and are accusing him of being a scaredy cat. I am sure if positions were reversed the Tories would have given it a miss as well.

As both sides know it was an outside shot at best and just a fishing expedition by the labour just in case conditions looked favourable. The Tories knowing this have been able to counter the move quite nicely.

In a game of two halves it looks like this one came out as a draw, although the Tories were on the defensive for the entire game. The Labour party thought they had nothing to loose but maybe went a play too far.

Of course nothing ever changes and we will be able to come back to this "will he / wont he?" next April in time for an early may election.

The prime minster was also asked by the BBC whether he would rule out an election for 2008.

"I think it's very unlikely that this will happen in the next period."

- Gordon Brown

In other words he has cleverly allowed himself leeway to call an election but made it clear as possible that the next year will not be a protracted election campaign.

The problem Gordon could come up against is that if the media and the Tories launch a campaign for election they could force Gordon hand. This is why he has tried to draw a line under the issue, Gordon knows that to win an election he must choose the right moment to call it.