Clegg allies directed their fire at Labour, saying the only hope of defeating the power and money of the Conservatives lay in Labour and Liberal Democrats joining forces.
The defect in the planning system lay in Labour's abolition of the old county structure plans, leaving developers uncertain and local councils flailing and understaffed.
In their desperation, the prime minister and chancellor have managed to expose themselves to the charge they normally lay at Labour's door: irresponsible promises that the Institute for Fiscal Studies and other independent sources say do not add up.
In a final election rally, Ed Miliband insisted the energy in the campaign lay with Labour saying that the Conservative party had run a negative campaign with nothing to say to working people, nothing to offer for the future, just desperate tactics.
Indeed, if any wannabe Labour leader is minded to actually read anything right now, they should start with The Road to 1945, Paul Addison's brilliant account (first published in the mid-70s) of what lay behind Labour's most seismic victory.
He treated the comment with withering contempt and derision, arguing that the roots of the current economic crisis lay during Labour's period in office and that they were allied with the Tories in seeking to hold Scotland back (from the objective of independence).
The reattachment of the subjective self to the material object is where much of the labour of writing lies – labour because, in this one sense, writing feels like the opposite of being alive.
Cameron's people this morning resorted to lying, pretending Labour wouldn't debate with the SNP.
It may even lie behind Labour's real but modest recovery in the polls.
Dangers also lie in Labour's response to the rise of Ukip.
