Gaff of the election - bigots!

Oh dear. Poor Gordon. Rochdale, and a difficult discussion with a member of the public. All seemed to going so well until.....

He thought he was in private, and he thought his comments would not be heard. But they weren't.

This is such a boon for the Tories that they won't need to actually make any headway on it. Conservative Tim Montgomerie has advised the party to leave it to the media to "bury" the PM.

We can spend the rest of the campaign contrasting the bigotry of certain sections of the media, with an offhand remark from the Prime Minister. But then hypocrisy has never stopped the media before.

The Tories have a problem though. There are no guarantees that voters will transfer to Cameron in order to punish Brown. In an ever-increasing Presidential style campaign, bigoted homophobic statements from background Conservatives still have an impact.

The Tories maybe smiling most from this, but Clegg may end up the biggest winner from this spat.