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I'm off nights Thursday. Vote on the way home. Big kip. Go to a political junkie friend and pull an all nighter. Thoroughly looking forward to it... ...which is odd because staying up is pretty much pointless given that the actual outcome will require days or even weeks of negotiation. Or...

Possibly but it's amazing how good pollsters can be. At the end of 2010 election all of the news networks broadcasted a joint exit poll at 10 p.m. If I remember rightly they projected that the Tories would have 306 seats, which turned out to be exactly right (or one or two out at most, I can't...

It was stated that the projection was factoring in the likely increase in the Tory vote share between now and then. It was also noted that the Tories would get the largest share of the vote but slightly less seats, which does raise questions about the inherent fairness of the constituency...

Interesting projection based on current polling in tonight's Newsnight. Labour would be the largest party both with only eight more seats than the Tories. The LibDems would have their seats halved, UKIP would only gain one more seat and the Greens hold steady. SNP would get a big boost. Net...

I'm not at all sure that we will even see debates. Cameron has nothing to gain by entering into them. He was ambushed by Clegg in the debates during the last election cycle and I suspect that he would struggle contain Farage this time around. I never said that Miliband was unelectable but I...

The next election is looking to be hugely interesting for political junkies because of all the new factors at play not seen in the past. We have UKIP looking set to drain the Tory vote but also take a fair chunk out of Labour in the north. There is the possibility of the Greens increasing...