The SNP win the constituency and are on course to do well in this general election.
“Whatever the outcome, I want you to know how grateful I am for your support.”
A shout-out for Henry Hill’s series, which we believe that it holds up very well. Only a few more hours to go now.
There are 103 candidates contesting either Tory-held seats vacated by their incumbents or Conservative target seats. Good luck to them all.
The Welsh Political Barometer, for example, forecasts a great night for the Conservatives. They can’t both be right.
Today’s choice is between Marxist extremists and a Conservative Government different from its predecessors only in that it wants to leave the European Union.
He names his favourite carol, pledges an independent inquiry into anti-Muslim hatred within the Tory Party, and says his record explains why he can be trusted.
It’s a contest between Sunderland and Newcastle. But even if Labour does badly in early results, how much will that tell us?
“You can vote for Corbyn or the Lib Dems, or you can elect a Parliament that gets stuff done. That’s the future I want for Britain.”
The latest polls clarify the choice: either Johnson gets it done, or a Corbyn-led government blocks it. A vote for Farage is a vote for the latter.
The DUP try to hold their position in the face of pro-Remain pacts whilst Sinn Féin try to unseat their leader and the smaller parties fight to regain Westminster representation.
All in all, a Conservative win is still the most likely result. But if the YouGov MRP, the Ashcroft dashboard and other polls are accurate, it is less likely than it was.
Most voters will have what to them are more pressing reasons to reject Corbyn than anti-semitism. But none expose more fully why he must be stopped.
That’s a legitimate political agenda, and people are quite welcome to vote for it. But they deserve to know what’s coming.
And in 2008, I wrote that non-Tories voting for Johnson would swing the Mayoral election. I hope they swing today’s poll in the same way.