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Sky NewsThe Observer, which has traditionally supported Labour, is the latest to announce it is switching to back the Liberal Democrats.
In an editorial, it praises Mr Brown for "reversing a generation of Tory under-investment" but concludes he "failed to inspire".
Dismissive of the Conservatives' claims it offers something new, it argues only the Lib Dems represent a "radical, positive change in politics".
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Nick Clegg is the candidate of changeThe Liberal Democrats offer a prospect of renewal which has been denied them by a grossly unfair voting systemSource:
The ObseverThe rotten parliament is dissolved; this week a new one will be elected. Scores of incumbents who fiddled their expenses will be evicted. Many who did not are standing down anyway, too defeated by the public's loathing of politicians to face the campaign trail.
So change is inevitable. Parliament will be full of novice MPs. It might also, if current opinion polls are borne out, be hung.
The Conservatives have spent much energy campaigning against that outcome. They have publicised their irritation that voters could deprive David Cameron of a majority much better than they have explained why he deserves one in the first place.
Mr Cameron warns portentously that a coalition might lead to instability, economic jeopardy and "more of the old politics". Perversely, he also rejects the need to change the current voting system, which has, he says, the merit of delivering clear results. Except this time it might not. What then? Mr Cameron's view is that the system would work fine, if only everyone voted Conservative. This is sophistry draped in hypocrisy. He backs first past the post, while agitating against one of the outcomes that is hard-wired into it. He is campaigning against the voters instead of pitching for their support. He defines change in politics as the old system preserved – but run by the Tories.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/01/liberal-democrats-endorsement-observer