Election '92

The opinion polls before the 1992 General Election pointed to a Labour victory or a hung parliament; the manifestoes centred on personal tax rates and public spending; the party leaders, and their wives, were groomed for success by the political image-makers; most of the national Press supported the Tories; and a deepening recession was forecast, along with higher unemployment figures - but also a slowing-down of inflation. This is the BBC Political Correspondent's diary of the election campaign. It records not only the politicking behind the scenes, but also the constantly changing build-up to one of the most significant elections since the war.