Most people are turned off by the 3 weeks campaign, when a General Election is called.

The papers, radio and TV are dominated by all the parties slagging each other off and explaining their policies (or promises?).

Many voters are worn down by Polling Day and are glad to cast their votes as probably many had already made their decision who to vote for.

If you are a diehard political activist, or a candidate, you probably love the rough and tumble of the 3 weeks campaign. Today, we had a speech from David Cameron saying that the Conservatives have started their election campaign today (2nd January) and will be making speeches and announcements, every day, until election day.

As it's up to the Prime Minister to announce when polling day is to take place, we now face the prospect of up to 5 months of such announcements by David Cameron.

Either we will all lap up those announcements, or we will be phoning the Samaritans as we have had too much from the Conservatives.

As most people would probably prefer a 7 day election campaign rather than the usual 3 week campaign, the possibility of up to 5 months could have the opposite effect that Cameron was hoping for?

The Conservative slogan is "Year of Change" or could it be "5 months of Boredom (or torture?)".

To David Cameron, I would ask, "Is this a threat or a promise?".

After all the problems with the MP's expenses scandal and almost 2 years of credit crunch and the recession, we need to see Parliament's standing to be restored.

Time will tell whether this was a clever tactic, or if it sees their lead in the opinion polls, suddenly dropping away before their eyes.

To be positive, I do like the idea of a War Cabinet that will include the Leaders of the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties, being able to attend. But the suggestion does need more meat on the bone, as it might not be worth the paper its printed on.