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Is anyone else getting deluged by party political emails? So far this morning, I've had emails from 'Ed Miliband', 'Justine Miliband', 'Lucy Powell' and 'Gloria De Piero' urging me to go out to vote Labour. I'm not a member of the party - I'm not even voting for them. I've also had a couple from...

Yes. Don't think the numbers will add up but at one stage a five-way coalition of Lab, LD, SDLP, PC and Green looked possible - the SNP's strong showing has ditched that idea

My father was: he was closeted in our living room with a very earnest looking woman from NOP or Mori I've been asked but was declined when they learned I was a journalist

Surprised he/she didn't notice the smell: they're like motorised chip shops

How? I don't think you understand how opinion polls work

Uninterested

Oh no, the party that benefits most from it is the SNP. It's on course to win 100% of all Scottish seats with about 50% of the vote. Plaid Cymru could do well out out of FPTP too

That's bizarre. Historically, Sheffield Hallam is a Tory seat - it's the sort of seat that the Conservatives should look at winning if they want an overall majority. This election just gets weirder

No, we're not. According to the ONS, the UK's net contribution is currently £11.3 billion. I don't disagree with anything you say about it being a corrupt institution but I think any argument is harmed if you quote inaccurate figures

Those personal ratings that moved above Cameron's this month?

Quite. Larus should tell us why it's OK for those on the right to make sneering, personal remarks but why it's not OK for those on the left to do so. What it means is that it's not cheap political point scoring he objects to, but lefties

It's a she. Not sure how she votes now, pretty sure she voted for Caroline Lucas last election but couldn't say for certain

I know someone who voted Tory in 79 and SWP in 83 :lolol:

OK, here's something about efficiency that doesn't mention cuts. Why is the UK's productivity so poor compared with the rest of Europe? Whether it's the Bank of England talking about it or the BBC, we're remarkably unproductive (or inefficient) to use your words. To be fair to the government...

Well, he's not favourite according to Populus There are three things about Johnson: he's not much of a team player, which a PM needs to be; he's not good on the detail of policy, something else that PM needs to have and he's widely loathed by a section of the Tory party ... and divided parties...

I don't think the Tories would be mad enough to vote Boris as leader, but if they did it would mean they'd be in the political wilderness for a decade.

He was challenged for leadership by Thatcher; when he didn't win on first ballot (he trailed Thatcher) rather than go forward to the second ballot

Yes, that's a good point but Labour can only change at their conference so it would be tight. Conservatives can change at any time. In 1974, both the leaders were the same. Heath resigned after he lost the second one

Yes, but that was in a two party system (the Liberals had just a handful of seats), a small swing would have made a big difference. That wouldn't be the case when there are four, five or six parties

I also wonder about this. Why should a result in October be so radically different from one in May? There's too little time for a government to do anything positive or negative