Allan Smith

In May I wrote on my blog to express my dismay at a policy announced by David Cameron and the Tories whereby he would reduce fuel duty when petrol prices rise and then raise it when the cost of it falls.  Of course that plan sounded brilliant when the price of fuel rocketed earlier this year and reached the heady heights of £1.20 a litre.

However, with prices falling and now as low as 97.9p a litre - or even lower if you use a voucher from a supermarket chain - those prices would be on the way up again if Mr Cameron and the Tories had their way. Under the proposals he announced earlier this year we would have to add at least 5 pence a litre to the price of petrol!  That's hardly helping the hard-pressed motorist at a time when they need it is it?

There's also been silence from the Tories on the issue of high costs of electricity and gas. Mr Cameron has hardly offered up any thoughts on what to do to lower prices. Could this be because the Tories privatised the energy firms and so got us in this mess?  I believe MPs, of all political parties, with shares in energy firms should be made to disclose them.

Policies such as these prove the Tories are clueless and all spin and no substance. Gordon Brown was right - this really is no time for a novice, is it Mr Cameron?