It is nearly a year since Gordon dithered and then bottled calling an election. The greatest strategic error of his political life. He said at the time and repeated this morning at his press conference that it wasn’t a few polls in the marginals that scared him off, it was so that he would have time to set out his vision to the people.

Well he has had a year to do just that. Given he now says they are going to “rethink policy” does that mean it will take another year to set out his vision? Does anyone now better understand his vision?