In terms of the Conservative and Liberal parties, they must hope and pray that public concern shifts in time away from the concern of a nature generated crisis from Iceland and back to domestic political issues, with voters ready to listen to cases being made for change.
The closer the election appears to be the more significant the loss of precious time cycles for the Conservatives and Liberals will become.
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