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| David Cameron is rallying his party for a possible autumn election by pledging to sweep away Gordon Brown's "cynical" brand of "old politics". | David Cameron is rallying his party for a possible autumn election by pledging to sweep away Gordon Brown's "cynical" brand of "old politics". |
| In a make-or-break end of conference speech, the Tory leader will challenge the prime minister to go to the polls. | In a make-or-break end of conference speech, the Tory leader will challenge the prime minister to go to the polls. |
| He will say he is an optimist who wants to give people power over their lives, and urged members to inspire voters. | He will say he is an optimist who wants to give people power over their lives, and urged members to inspire voters. |
| He began by saying he would deliver the speech without notes or autocue: "So it might be messy, but it'll be me." | |
| Mr Cameron's speech in Blackpool follows Tory claims, denied by Labour, that Mr Brown played politics by visiting troops in Iraq on Tuesday. | Mr Cameron's speech in Blackpool follows Tory claims, denied by Labour, that Mr Brown played politics by visiting troops in Iraq on Tuesday. |
| The Tory leader said Mr Brown should not have announced cuts in troop numbers to the media before telling MPs. | The Tory leader said Mr Brown should not have announced cuts in troop numbers to the media before telling MPs. |
| New priorities | New priorities |
| The Conservatives have used their week in Blackpool to set out the policies they believe can win them the next election - including lifting the ceiling on inheritance tax from £300,000 to £1m and cutting stamp duty for first-time buyers. | The Conservatives have used their week in Blackpool to set out the policies they believe can win them the next election - including lifting the ceiling on inheritance tax from £300,000 to £1m and cutting stamp duty for first-time buyers. |
| We have to change from the old politics of easy promises and disappointment to politics you can believe in David Cameron At-a-glance: Tory conference Analysis: Tory mood | We have to change from the old politics of easy promises and disappointment to politics you can believe in David Cameron At-a-glance: Tory conference Analysis: Tory mood |
| With the party trailing in the opinion polls, Mr Cameron will need to convince voters the Tories have what it takes to deliver changes in health, education, law and order and security. | With the party trailing in the opinion polls, Mr Cameron will need to convince voters the Tories have what it takes to deliver changes in health, education, law and order and security. |
| Speaking without notes, he is expected to tell the conference: "This is a new Conservative Party with new priorities. | Speaking without notes, he is expected to tell the conference: "This is a new Conservative Party with new priorities. |
| "There's been a lot of talk about lurching. So, let me make it clear, there will be no lurch to the right, no lurch to the left. | "There's been a lot of talk about lurching. So, let me make it clear, there will be no lurch to the right, no lurch to the left. |
| "There's only one direction for me and that's forward to the future." | "There's only one direction for me and that's forward to the future." |
| He will say Mr Brown's speech at last week's Labour conference was "the old politics at its worst". | He will say Mr Brown's speech at last week's Labour conference was "the old politics at its worst". |
| 'Calculated pitch' | 'Calculated pitch' |
| "It wasn't just that we have heard it all before - literally heard it all before - simplistic short-term pledges rehashed and reannounced, with absolutely no indication of how they would be delivered," he will say. | "It wasn't just that we have heard it all before - literally heard it all before - simplistic short-term pledges rehashed and reannounced, with absolutely no indication of how they would be delivered," he will say. |
| "It wasn't just the cynicism of announcing things that Gordon Brown himself must know he can't deliver. | "It wasn't just the cynicism of announcing things that Gordon Brown himself must know he can't deliver. |
| "It was the carefully calculated pitch to the 4% of voters in the middle who might switch this way or that." | "It was the carefully calculated pitch to the 4% of voters in the middle who might switch this way or that." |
| HAVE YOUR SAY I want a government that can give me optimism and hope for the future, not just political stunts and more empty promises of jam tomorrow Mike, London Send us your comments | HAVE YOUR SAY I want a government that can give me optimism and hope for the future, not just political stunts and more empty promises of jam tomorrow Mike, London Send us your comments |
| He will say the Conservatives "had to do better than that" and reach out to disaffected ex-voters who "don't believe a word of it any more". | He will say the Conservatives "had to do better than that" and reach out to disaffected ex-voters who "don't believe a word of it any more". |
| "We have to inspire them. We have to change from the old politics of easy promises and disappointment to politics you can believe in. | "We have to inspire them. We have to change from the old politics of easy promises and disappointment to politics you can believe in. |
| "That means politics based on belief." | "That means politics based on belief." |
| Mr Cameron will say he is an optimist who wants to give people "power over their own lives" and that meant halting the growth of the state and dealing with crime and social breakdown. | Mr Cameron will say he is an optimist who wants to give people "power over their own lives" and that meant halting the growth of the state and dealing with crime and social breakdown. |
| Wednesday's speech at Blackpool's Winter Gardens is a return to the scene of Mr Cameron's 2005 party leadership triumph, when he went from rank outsider to favourite after delivering a 20-minute speech without notes. | Wednesday's speech at Blackpool's Winter Gardens is a return to the scene of Mr Cameron's 2005 party leadership triumph, when he went from rank outsider to favourite after delivering a 20-minute speech without notes. |