The Conservatives have been very quiet on the economic crisis this week,so much so that some are saying that George Osbourn's speech in Birmingham next week could be make or break time.
He won't therefore be very happy with former shadow Home Secretary David Davis' intervention in the Telegraph this morning.
Being interviwed he says that
The Conservative Party has not yet developed the right economic and tax policy to deal with the impact of the worsening global economic situationand continues
"The public at large are not listening to the left versus right, the big versus small state debate,"
"They're listening for answers to the questions - can I afford my standard of living? Can I keep my job? For the first time in a long time, the answers to these questions might be no, if people get the answers wrong.
"One of the reasons for a serious message from us, is that. They don't want to hear political rhetoric."
With the polls showing at least a short term bounce towards Gordon Brown,the conference will be under intense scrutiny and people will start asking just what Tory policy is.
As if to bear that out this morning's Independent carries a poll of 1800 tOry members by Consevative Home which suggests that
64 per cent want to see bold policies to give voters a clear idea of how the Tories would fix Britain. Only 36 per cent support the more cautious approach favoured by Mr Cameron.
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