Will it be Fear v Fear until May 7th?

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Tim Montgomerie is joined by Matthew Parris, Rachel Sylvester and Hugo Rifkind.Opinion podcast 28 April:Rachel SylvesterIt's going to be Fear versus Fear between now and May 7th. The parties are intent on terrifying the voters about the dire things that will happen if their rivals win but they just risk fuelling the anti-politics mood with their negativity.Matthew ParrisThis is a genuine question to which I am not sure of the answer. Just imagine the Tory campaign had from the start made no accusations against other parties, said nothing unpleasant about Ed Miliband, and confined itself to describing what they believe to be in their own successes. Doubtless the media would have done the negative stuff anyway. Would this have hurt the Conservatives? I really don't know, but I'm very unsure that it would.Hugo RifkindThe Passion of David Cameron is all a bit "The Quiet Man Is Turning Up The Volume". Passion ought to be deeply suspect in British politics; the preserve of fanatics, zealots...

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1:00.0	Welcome to the Times Opinion Podcast. My name is Tim Montgomery and this week in our
1:06.1	election special I'm joined by a columnist Rachel Sylvester, Hugo Rifkind and
1:11.6	Matthew Paris.
1:13.0	It's going to be fear versus fear between now and May the 7th.
1:17.0	The parties are intent on terrifying the voters about the dire things that will happen if their rivals win,
1:22.0	but they just risk fueling the
1:24.2	anti-politics mood with their negativity. The passion of David Cameron is all
1:29.6	a bit, the quiet man is turning up the volume. Passional to be deeply suspect in British politics,
1:34.9	the preserve of fanatics, zealots,
1:36.7	revolutionaries and Scottish nationalists.
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