35 days to go and everything to play for.

The General and Local elections take place five weeks today. We are now well and truly into campaign mode: the rather inappropriate legal term used by the political class for the phase we are now enduring is the "short campaign" (which it certainly doesn't feel like!)

All the polls are still very close with leads one way and then the other, and most of them within the margin of error.

The election is still too close to call, which means there is still everything to play for.

I no longer think it is realistically likely that Labour could win an outright majority, but unfortunately it is still entirely possible that five weeks from tomorrow Ed Miliband could sneak into Downing Street as head of a minority government, possibly with SNP support.

The harm a Miliband government could do to Britain does not bear thinking about.

So all the more reason to work as hard as possible for a Conservative victory.

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Jim said…
The conservatives needed a "weapon" to kill off UKIP, they got it, its called UKIP, though its often just simply known as Nigel.

The best weapon they have against Labour (actually there are 2 of those, and they both answer to "Ed".

Lib dem are simply dead, tuition fees killed them off.

The SNP are actually a threat, though there is the thing, SNP propped up by Labour is a very real prospect. (if that does not scare you then nothing will)

Its not a done deal but its certainly more and more like a 2 horse race, SNP Vs Tory.



10:05 am
Chris Whiteside said…
I think you've absolutely nailed it on a lot of those points, Jim. It is still just possible that the Conservatives might win outright and very possible that we might get close enough to be able to form a viable minority government or a second coalition.

It is also very possible that you might get a Labour minority government propped up by another party, most probably the SNP.

And yes, I absolutely agree that if that doesn't scare you, nothing will.
5:17 pm
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