Some commentators suggest that the reason the Tories didn't suffer in the way that both Labour and the Lib-Dems did is that they have largely fulfilled their election manifesto promises. At the same time, Labour have failed to make the expected impact because they never made their cuts plans public, but it seems that they would have been about 11% in this first year, as opposed to the Tories 12%. People have suddenly realised that there is little real difference between the two.