If the Conservatives have won more votes and seats, and their Commons support looks bigger than Labour’s, it would be a counsel of despair to hand over to Miliband.
Plus: The CCHQ charm school. Disgraceful Livingstone. Untruthful Clegg. Nasty Russell Brand. Where I’ll be on election night. And: Advice to candidates for the count.
The Culture Secretary goes campaigning in two Derbyshire marginals…and finds time to ensure that his Department is flying the flag of England on St George’s Day.
Fortunately, the transition to cleaner energy sources is now the province of action, not talk.
Our whistle-stop tour heads to the South East, where the Tories and Labour are fighting it out and two minor parties have everything at stake.
“The Welsh nationalists, the Greens, and the Scottish National Party are willing to support Labour – at a price, and I think there is no doubt what that price will be.”
Through the mass of parties, we can see the contours of two opposed and increasingly solid political blocs composed along traditional lines.
The five of them go head-to-head.
Plus: Tories – too vague. UKIP – too specific. LibDems: what are they for? Why the polls could all be wrong. And: I win an award, and am baffled.
You might not have noticed, but the Tories weren’t the only party making their pitch to the nation this morning.
In Herefordshire, Labour are only putting up one candidate out of a possible 53.
Plus: This week’s focus group in Wirral West on McVey, Sturgeon and Trident; and what would the party leaders be like as dinner guests?
Also: What the DUP would have said in the leaders’ debate; and Plaid Cymru try to build on Wood’s boosted profile.
To create work for all who want it, and a better life for our children and security for families. We can only do this with business.
I also have new findings from Bristol North West, Bristol West, Thurrock, Colne Valley and High Peak.