The national election has been called for May 6 and the candidates are already underwhelming us with their pitches. Cameron says he's standing on behalf of 'the great ignored', although this would have been more accurate if he called them 'the great ignorant'. Brown is putting forward some entirely forgettable promises, which I've since forgotten. And all of us are wondering if we can survive what is likely to be the excessive use of the phrase 'game changer' by journalists.
The most likely outcome is, of course, a Conservative victory by 20-odd seats. But they do have to get a massive swing and overcome the distribution of voters in seats which is horribly biased against them. For anyone interested in the progress of the campaign, the Guardian has a 'poll of polls' interactive page, which is very helpful: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/interactive/2010/apr/06/general-election-2010-polling
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