All his own making.

In what can only be described at a hopeless attempt by Labour to destroy and panic the tories with election fever, the opposite appears to have been the result of the speculation. However, the conference season provided the nation with a massive opportunity to see the policies that each stand for. This more than anything else has shown up the energy of the parties. It was obvious from day one that the government wanted to create a swirl to try and upstage and throw the tory party conference off balance. In fact, it had the opposite effect.

With speculation rife, it turned what could potentially have been a normal run of the mill conference into a call to arms. It focused the party, brought it back to together, and gave the nation an opportunity to see some of the policies that the conservatives would be putting forward. I for one am pleased at the way the conference went, as there was a buzz that you didn't see from either of the other two. The Lib Dem conference bored me senseless, and most of the delegates by the looks of the tv coverage, and as for the rehash that was the Labour one, the less said about that the better.

At the Labour party conference all we were given were excuses and admissions of failure, and how their new policies would rectify the nations problems. This would have been all well and good, for an opposition, but when you've been in power for ten years it was as close to an apology that we will see.

So, what next, will Gordon go through with it? He has caused all of this speculation, and made some very sorry attempts at spin thoughout the whole of the conference season. The disgraceful headline grab attempt during the week, with his trip to Iraq, and subsequent announcement of a troop withdrawal which will see no extra troops coming home, has been shown up by just about every type of media. Gordon really cannot do spin like Tony Blair could. At least Blair would have made it believeable, a con yes but believeable.

As the PM meets his advisors this weekend there will only be one question on his mind, yes or no for a snap election. You can bet your bottom dollar that he had hoped that the speculation, and poll lead last weekend, would derail the tory party conference, create in-fighting, and turn a snap election into a walkover. But let us not get carried away. Although the polls are looking quite rosy for the tories at the moment, at lot of this will undoubtedly be down the conference bounce.

For me the real test will be over the next couple of weeks, at PMQ's. The momentum is with the tories, and its there for Cameron to capitalise on, and if he can pull up the government at every turn, he'll be able to show just how much of their policies are actually spin, and worse than that an admission of failure.

So its with a bit of glee, and a wry smile that I have that Gordon Brown has found himself in this position. He created the election fever, and it appears to have blown up in his face. Whatever his decision, he loses face. If he calls it, it looks at though David Cameron bullied him into it, and if he doesn't he looks like a bottler. Not a very good image for a PM to have.

Personally I don't think he will call an election. The polls, even with the bounce factor taken out are too close to call. However, if he does the party is ready, the grassroots are primed and waiting for the call. You just have to see my inbox for proof of that.