OPINION - A policy-lite election campaign is storing up problems for the winner

James Harding tells a story so good I'm going to share it for a second time. About 15 years ago, after the prime minister had delivered a party conference speech, the then-editor of The Times turned to some of his columnists and leader writers to ask what they thought the speech was really about. "There was an awkward pause, then a colleague turned and said he thought it was about... an hour."