No right turn says William Hague
William Hague has denied newspaper reports that the Conservatives are about to "lurch to the right" in an attempt to prevent the opinion poll gap with Labour narrowing further.
However, Mr Hague has suggested that immigration is one of the biggest issues on the streets of West Yorkshire, where the Tories need to win a number of crucial swing seats to stand any chance of getting back into power.
The Shadow Foreign Secretary told the Politics Show in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire there was widespread support for his party's policy of limiting the number of migrants from non-EU countries.
If there is a debate raging inside the Conservative Party about a last minute change to its "direction of travel" ahead of the general election, then David Cameron's strategists will be well aware that in 2001 Mr Hague led the party to a disastrous defeat almost on the same scale of 1997 with a traditional "right wing" agenda.
I'm Tim Iredale, the BBC's Political Editor in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and presenter of the regional Politics Show. This is strictly a "no-spin" zone where the political viewpoint is more Humber Bridge than Westminster Bridge. Your comments and observations are more than welcome. 
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