Has the Sun not won it after all?

Put aside the drone of politicians for a moment and concentrate on the really crucial issue for 6 May. Will it be The Sun wot can say it won it again? Or – more dismayingly – did the new prophets of Wapping make a bad, much too premature call when they lurched into the Cameron column last September ? Well, polls can and do swing. But on 29 September 2009, the YouGov tracker poll the Sun loves best showed the Conservatives on 40%, Labour at 29% and Lib Dems 18%: a Tory bandwagon rolling so sweetly it looked safe for the Sun to climb on board. Compare and contrast YouGov on budget morning. Cameron 36%; Brown 34%; Clegg 17%. A Tory lead of two. Somehow, you might say (as a happy Mirror does) the old Murdoch magic doesn't seem be working. Somehow young James, Rebekah and Dominic haven't laid Labour low. A carefully built reputation hangs in the balance. Tycoons with too much to lose bite their nails. It's a contest to put Darling and Osborne in the shade.