You wouldn't have thought they'd need to pledge immigration cuts in Australia, given their rigorous system which makes us look like complete idiots. From the little I know of Australian politics, it's not so much immigration causing an issue there but rather asylum seekers.

Would such a party do well here in 2015?

Probably not. Too many people in Britain work for the Government for such a party to win. Many of those who don't work for the Government directly are dependent on Government spending in some way, shape or form.

The only party likely to pledge any of this here is UKIP, but a huge part of that is the fact our centre-right party think open door immigration is fine, they think raising the foreign aid budget is our national obligation and they fully support the building of useless windmills.

Unfortunately for Cameron and the Conservatives, even if they did change tact now, nobody would believe them anyway.

I think it was Peter Oborne on R4 who pointed out that our country is run by a slightly left of centre middle class intellectual elite, and I think he is right. Those who can create the zeitgeist in the media rule the country.

As for UKIP, no chance. Roll on Nu Labor Mark 3, the post Brown era, aka The Beige Years. Cameron is such an ineffectual dipstick, and slightly patronising in an old style patrician manner.

I think you will find that a substantial proportion of the country swallow the immigration is good, foreign aid is good, tax cuts are bad stuff.