AS we count down to next Thursday, the leaders of all parties descend deeper into bribe mode.

Hardly an hour seems to pass without Cameron, Miliband, Clegg and the rest, promising this or that piece of legislation.

It begs the question: if these promises are such good ideas why on earth didn’t the parties think of them months ago?

Cynics are quite rightly having a field day answering that one, and the electorate are left with the difficult task of trying to make sense of it all – a task not helped by some of the back-biting which has added nothing to the quality of the debate.

Three weeks ago this newspaper set up a panel of undecided voters to track their developing views as the polit-icians took to the campaign trail, unveiling a veritable Aladdin’s Cave of pledges.

Some members of our panel are closing in on their final choice but others are still waiting to be persuaded.

The same can be said of the electorate at large. Virtually all the polls show no sign of a single party breaking through, reinforcing the view that we are heading for a coalition.

Telegraph panel member Caitlin Jones surely speaks for many when she says that she wants ‘fewer political games’ and more genuine information.

Our political leaders could do worse than listen to Caitlin.