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It looks like there won't be a coalition anymore. Unrestrained austerity and cuts now Lib Dems are out of the frame. As for the pollsters, I think they need to reconsider how they go about their business. Total shambles by them.

Tories ahead in seats for the first time tonight - no looking back now. 174-173.

Centrist policies. Neither aggressive austerity nor mad spending. Unequivocally pro-European.

Alexander beaten by 20 year old student. Unbelievable.

Douglas Alexander of Labour bites the dust.

Lib Dems on the board, Kilmarnock 26% swing from Lab to SNP.

For all the floating voters that voted Lib Dem in 2010 - what did you expect? They held the balance of power, they helped the economy recover, they restrained the Tories, the coalition ran the full course and now they face total annihilation. What more could they have done as the smaller party...

Kinnock. Welsh Windbag.

This year I'll have my iPad fixed on the key marginal seats. Once the first four or five come in we'll know which way the wind's blowing.

In this scenario a Tory Lib Dem coalition could do a deal with the DUP to get their votes for the duration of the parliament in return for financial aid. It would be ironic if the real gainers in this election were not Scotland or Wales but Northern Ireland.

Back in 1992 voters opted for the devil they knew. Now, throw in a bank holiday weekend and a Royal Baby, the status quo might not look so bad to some "all mouth, no trousers" UKippers and I fancy we might see another Con-Lib Dem coalition, possibly with the support of the DUP.

Clegg isn't assuming he's going to have the balance of power. He's simply saying that it is going to be a hung parliament and explaining where the Lib Dems would stand in that eventuality if they were approached to form a coalition. Bashing the Lib Dems as if they were the only party that has...

Historically yes, but five years in coalition with the Tories and possibly another five years - and all with Clegg as leader - would leave Lib Dems a centre party. The heart of a Tory coalition, the brains of a Labour coalition - that sounds pretty centrist to me.

The Conservatives were the largest party, the Lib Dems were the third largest party, the Lib Dems chose to enter into coalition with the Tories and you can't describe Clegg as left-wing. The coalition parties had 363 of the 650 seats so 55.8% of parliament and they polled a combined 59.1% of...

In 1997-2000 you had the meteoric rise of the internet and websites, the start of free trade in China and opening up of India, plus total renewal of IT equipment because of the Millennium Bug threat. Even Sami Hyypia could have got the economy to grow at that time.

If this was to be the case then the debates are counter-productive as people then start to vote on personality rather than policy. Before Thursday the parties wanted to avoid talking about coalition options. Yet the leaders debate has now made it the main topic, and MIchael Gove's talking up...

Day 1 - Parliament has been dissolved, the gloves are off and the right-wing press has wasted no time in trashing Labour on immigration. Only 38 more days to go of this.

Do you not think he might have agreed to the Referendum partly because he thinks it might be time to have one? It's a gutsy call to make politically. I think you're wrong to say he called it purely to appease some in his party. There are a lot more factors at play than just that.

But the audience weren't laughing at Cameron because they thought the idea of him being a firm leader was ludicrous. I'm not a Tory voter but by Christ this is no time to have a buffoon like a Red Ed in charge, especially with the antics of Putin in Europe and the fallout following a possible...

I genuinely believe the rise is because people felt sorry for him after Paxman. I also see best part of three quarters of a million people voted for the reinstatement of Clarkson too.