Poll points to hung parliament, while Dave dithers in Davos

Turnips will draw little heart from the latest Ipsos-Mori poll shows an 8% lead, with Labour gaining and the Townies and Lib Dems both losing ground.

Heading into hung parliament territory, according to a brief post on ConservativeHome.

Scary stuff if it means a deal with the Liberals.

Guido Fawkes makes an interesting observation over Cameron's insistence his chat with media movers and shakers in Davos was off-record:

"At best it is evidence of the contempt in which the public is held by the political elite, at worst it is an admission that Cameron’s private views are different from his public positions."

And we know all about that contempt up here in Talibland, don't we.

David Cameron's revenge on turnip land

Cor blast me - better brace yourselves. This is really funny. Well, David Cameron and the Daily Mail thought so.

"David Cameron has exacted sweet revenge on ‘Turnip Taliban’ Tories who tried to sack Norfolk candidate Liz Truss over her affair with MP Mark Field," the paper says.

"He joked at a private dinner: ‘A Norfolk farmer asked a nice chap to a party and said, “There’ll be heavy drinking, violence and rough sex – all right, boy?” ‘The chap nervously agreed. When he asked, “How many will be there?” the farmer grinned.

“Just you and me.”’

I bet that had them jumping about like a box of frogs.