Now after all this to and fro business over the last few days, Clegg needs to make his mind up.
To go with labour and Gordon’s rainbow coalition would be disastrous for England, but the Labour negotiation team will promise the earth.
The Tories, like it or not, won this election and although not by a majority, it would be a crime against democracy if the Lib Dems did not go with them, the public voted Labour out, we do not want any of them in.
I think the people have spoken and should be listened to.
The Tories are not the greatest party to have in power, but should be given the chance to prove us wrong, not helping labour keep their status, an unelected PM, even though Brown has vowed to go, and then it would be an unelected parliament too.
The Tories got the majority of the vote even though they never filled enough seats for the greatest amount of seats they needed to run parliament, so by default should be in government after all it was labour who shifted the boundaries of constituencies to suit there own ill gotten needs.
From BBC NEWS:

Hung parliament: It’s decision time, says Cameron

Nick Clegg: Talks in critical and final phase

David Cameron says it is “decision time” for the Lib Dems over which party they will back to form a government.

The Tories won the most seats but were short of a majority and have asked for Lib Dem support to form a government.

But on Monday, the Lib Dems opened formal talks with Labour, after Gordon Brown said he would quit as leader.

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said talks had reached a “critical and final phase” and his party would “do our bit to create a stable, good government”.

Mr Brown’s announcement that he would step down as Labour leader by September came after days of talks between the Tories and Lib Dems, and, it emerged, secret meetings between the Lib Dems and Labour.

‘Crunch time’

Labour and the Tories are both trying to woo the Lib Dems with promises on electoral reform as the battle to form a new government reaches its critical phase.

Labour say if the Lib Dems back them they will put the Alternative Vote system into law and then hold a referendum asking voters if they want a proportional representation voting system – a key issue for the Lib Dems.

The Conservatives upped their offer on Monday evening to the Lib Dems to a promise of a referendum on changing the voting system to the Alternative Vote system.
” I hope they will make the right decision to give this country the strong, stable government that it badly needs and badly needs quickly ”
David Cameron

Speaking on Tuesday morning Mr Cameron said his overriding concern since Friday was for “strong, stable government that is in the national interest” and his party had made a “very reasonable” offer to the Lib Dems to deliver it.

He said his MPs had put aside party interest in favour of the national interest – after they approved a referendum on the voting system, a reform the Conservatives have always opposed.

Mr Cameron said: “It’s now, I believe, decision time, decision time for the Liberal Democrats and I hope they will make the right decision to give this country the strong, stable government that it badly needs and badly needs quickly.”

‘Rainbow coalition’

A meeting of Lib Dem MPs continued beyond midnight and ended with no firm decisions taken, the BBC understands.

Labour’s ruling national executive committee is set to meet on Tuesday to discuss the prospect of a coalition and the time it will take to replace Mr Brown.

Two senior Lib Dem figures – Simon Hughes and Lord Ashdown – told the BBC earlier they did not back a so-called “rainbow coalition” with the Lib Dems and Labour which would also involve the Scottish and Welsh nationalist parties.

Instead they believed a Lib Dem-Labour coalition could rule as a minority government, in the belief that the SNP would never vote with the Conservatives. They would seek support from the nationalists and the Green MP on crucial votes.

Mr Hughes told BBC Radio 5live: “I would expect either a government of Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties or Labour and the Liberal Democrat parties.

“In the case of Labour and the Liberal Democrat parties, with our two sister parties from Northern Ireland – the SDLP for Labour and the Alliance Party – you get 319 votes in the Commons. That’s only five short of a majority, given that Sinn Fein don’t participate.”

The Tories secured 306 of the 649 constituencies contested on 6 May. It leaves the party short of the 326 MPs needed for an outright majority, with the Thirsk and Malton seat – where the election was postponed after the death of a candidate – still to vote.

Labour finished with 258 MPs, down 91, the Lib Dems 57, down five, and other parties 28.

If Labour and the Lib Dems joined forces, they would still not have an overall majority.

With the support of the Northern Irish SDLP, one Alliance MP, and nationalists from Scotland and Wales they would reach 328, rising to 338 if the DUP, the independent unionist and the new Green MP joined them.

So come on Clegg, put us out of our misery, choose for democracy or choose for gain. It is after all down to you.

Interesting article from the Times. Wholeheartedly agree with the writers idea and it could really work.

‘Wow,” said a wide-eyed young Liberal Democrat voter babe, staring over my shoulder on Friday at a coloured election map of Britain. “England is, like, totally blue.” How true. Huge swathes of England are Conservative. And, she noticed in the next instant, Scotland is, like, totally red and yellowish gold. Only one single constituency north of the border is blue.

As Alex Salmond of the Scottish National party said in the wee hours of Friday, it is “overwhelmingly clear” that Scotland does not want a Tory government: “I don’t believe they’ve got a mandate to run Scotland from fourth place.” Again, how obviously true. Yet, equally obviously, the Tories have got a genuine mandate to run England.

Last week’s strange election has convinced many voters that our electoral system needs reform. That question will be central to negotiations between party leaders this weekend as they compete for power in these impotent times.

While the psephological sophisticates discuss the arcana of proportional versus alternative voting, I have a simple suggestion that might have democratic appeal all round. And it would not stand in the way of any other electoral reform. It’s simply this: we Sassenachs must say no to the Scots. We must accept that we are united by geography but divided by politics: we cannot vote together any longer.

The reason is again blindingly obvious. As Nick Clegg has pointed out, David Cameron’s Conservatives got the most votes and the most seats. As Cameron himself pointed out, his party got a higher share of the vote than Labour achieved at the last election, when Blair won a majority of 66.

This remarkable Conservative success was won despite the enormous disadvantage that Tories (and Liberal Democrats) suffer from the way constituencies are currently divided, so that they must win far more votes than Labour to win as many seats, as voters now appreciate. Yet despite their success, the Conservatives cannot form a government. Although Labour got a disastrous drubbing, Gordon Brown is still in Downing Street and Clegg, whose political bubble burst, is to be kingmaker. This is, like, so totally wrong.

Look to the map and towards Hadrian’s Wall for both reason and solution. Cameron got 306 seats (against Brown’s 258), just 20 seats short of an overall majority. But Brown’s 258 included 41 from Scotland (out of 59 Scottish constituencies). Without these Scottish seats, the Labour party would have got only 217 to the Conservatives’ 305 and Clegg’s 46 (to which he would be reduced if he did not have his current 11 Lib Dem seats in Scotland).

This injustice could be put right simply by saying politely to the Scots that we would like to separate, psephologically and politically. Let them run Scotland their own way. They are perfectly well equipped to do so. They could even turn themselves into a rich tax haven, a mini Switzerland, given their wealth of world-beating financial services, lawyers and golf courses.

They already entice the super-rich with their castles and grouse moors. And they have their oil wealth, insofar as it belongs to them, their deep-sea ports, their shipbuilding, their IT, their magical Highlands and islands, their arts festivals and an abundance of game, fish and marketable tourist tat.

The Scots have two highly developed important cities and several great universities and medical schools; their intellectual and entrepreneurial tradition is second to none. They don’t need us.

Nor do we need them. Above all, we would be much better off without the notorious Barnett formula; it is obviously unfair that the Scots should receive more public money per head than the English, especially when their taxes and benefits are so different. Let them get on without us.

All the talk during this election about mandates and the people’s voice means little if politicians are still unwilling to admit to the glaring Scottish democratic deficit. At the end of 2006 a famous ICM poll found that 52% of Scots wanted independence from Britain, but also — startlingly — that 59% of the English favoured separation from Scotland. As far as I know there have been no polls about this thorny issue since.

Personally, I have never quite understood the sentimental attachment to the union. Its historical and political underpinnings are clear enough and so much blood and anguish have been spent on the idea of the union that it’s perhaps disrespectful to make light of it. All the same, those emotional ties are weakening and, according to the 2006 ICM poll, particularly among the young.

That may, of course, be because they study so little history these days, but equally it might be a feeling, shared by me, that the union is a political construct whose time is over. The growth of the European Union and this country’s general decline — and perhaps multiculturalism as well — all mean that it is hard to rally fervour round a concept such as a United Kingdom. United we aren’t. And kingdom means less and less, especially to those on the political left.

Years ago I lived and worked in Hong Kong (then still a crown colony) and was at first astonished to hear Chinese people constantly talking about something called “Yoo Kay” and how they longed to get proper Yoo Kay documents. It was several days before I realised they were talking about my country and several weeks before I realised that many of them had no idea what the Yoo Kay was like, or what the initials stood for. It was just the third-best place to go, if you couldn’t get to California or Vancouver — a bit of a disappointment, really.

I love Scotland and have spent many happy summer holidays there. But I can’t help noticing that the Scots don’t love us; some actively dislike the English. The time has come for an amicable divorce, making Scotland no more than a good EU neighbour.

Obviously there would be practical problems, as in any divorce. Defining who is Scottish and who is not (for voting purposes, if nothing else) might be one. But all of these problems could be overcome if there were a mandate to do so. I suspect there is. And that would be, like, so totally super.

We only have ourselves to blame for the catastrophic news we all wake up to this morning.
All the people had a chance to make a change, I know not all got to vote, but why waste your votes on Labour.
They have systematically, over thirteen years, took apart England.
Broke the foundation of our country and bled our tax payers dry so the rest of the UK and the bigots in Europe can have their share of our country.
England deserves better.

What it means now:Link

British voters are used to seeing triumphant prime ministers on the steps of Downing Street after election day.

This year things may be very different.

Who will move into this famous address may not be obvious.

The Conservatives are set to make big gains, but the exit poll suggests they may not be sufficiently large to give David Cameron an overall majority.

Labour has lost many seats, but not yet its prime minister.

As the incumbent at Number 10, it is down to Gordon Brown to decide whether he can do a deal to stay in power, or whether he should resign.

The Liberal Democrats seem set for disappointment.

A party that had the highest hopes after the TV debates may have to make do with a middling performance.

The party leaders’ statements at their counts were inconclusive.

David Cameron said Labour had lost its mandate to govern.

Gordon Brown said it was his duty to play a part in Britain having a strong, stable government.

They – like the rest of us – do not know what will happen next.

Each party has had its triumphs and disappointments.

The Liberal Democrats lost Montgomeryshire and one of their most colourful figures, Lembit Opik, with a 13% swing to the Tories, and Evan Harris in Oxford West. But the party gained Eastbourne from the Tories.

The Conservatives won many seats, but failed to eject Labour candidates they had hoped to defeat like Sadiq Khan in Tooting and Gisela Stuart in Birmingham Edgbaston.

Labour saw two former home secretaries defeated in Jacqui Smith and Charles Clarke, but the schools secretary Ed Balls and former communities secretary Hazel Blears escaped with their seats.

In some cases, voters appeared to be making decisions on local rather than national issues.

In Redcar, where the steelworks have been mothballed, the Labour MP Vera Baird was ejected with a huge swing to the Liberal Democrats.

Others missed out on their chance to have a say.

At polling stations across the country, queues of people were still standing outside when the doors closed.

It led to some angry scenes, and may yet result in legal challenges from disappointed candidates.

The party leaders now have to make sense of a confusing situation.

If it results in a Conservative overall majority, things will be simple.

If it does not, Gordon Brown may try to do a deal with the Lib Dems.

If he fails or does not attempt that, David Cameron will have to decide whether to rely on a loose agreement with minor parties, to encourage the Liberal Democrats to support a Tory Queens Speech and Budget, or try to entice Nick Clegg with a place in a formal coalition.

Should the general election of 2010 end in that sort of deal making, the true outcome could be some time coming.

The Warrior thinks maybe people should really take stock of things, and if they call another election? Do the right thing get Brown as far away as possible from the door of number ten.
England deserves better.

We have had the three Leaders Debates now and The Warrior was not impressed by Brown at all, he was lacklustre, kept repeating himself, blaming everyone else, just looking like a beaten, tired and haggard old man.

He failed to turn the nation around to his vision for ruining England some more.

Biggest surprise was Clegg winning the first debate, made people look at his party for 5 mins, then they all changed their minds on the next two as the Eaton Wonderboy, The Tory Machine Himself David Cameron won them and hands down from Gordon it seems.

General Election 2010: Gordon Brown fails to make the worm turn
Gordon Brown’s failure in the three leaders’ debates may be down to one simple fact — he could not make the worm wriggle.

By Stephen Adams

A screengrab shows the “worm” charting how well the leaders did during the debate.

On Thursday night the real-time graphic showing how a panel of floating voters felt about what each party leader said remained flat when he spoke —suggesting the Prime Minister was unable to engage with his audience at all.
More on the General Election 2010

The Daily Telegraph was invited by ITV to witness the reactions of its panel of 20 in Bolton, Lancs. Each member of the panel was given a handset to register what they felt about what they heard.

They sent the worm downwards when their response was negative and upwards when they reacted positively; Nick Clegg’s assertion that banks which made multi-billion pound losses should not be handing out bonuses at all sent the worm skywards.

Mr Brown’s inability to make the worm move markedly, in contrast to his two rivals, was one of the most telling aspects of the evening — and one that may explain why polls taken after the debate had the Prime Minister in last place in a contest David Cameron was generally thought to have won.

According to the panel, the Tory leader scored a notable victory on immigration and his idea for an annual cap delivered his highest rating.

Alastair Stewart, who moderated the first debate for ITN, said: “It did tell us about some core British values. Whoever was talking, if it was about the police, discipline in schools or immigration, the measure went up. But if it was playground bickering, it went down.”

One panel member, Bipin Patel, 33, an IT worker, said he could not help feeling for the politician on the receiving end of a personal attack. “Perhaps it’s subliminal, but you sympathise with them.”

Brown amidst all the debates made the biggest Gaffe of all by calling Mrs Duffy a bigot for asking questions we all want to hear answered.

General Election 2010: Gordon Brown’s Gillian Duffy ‘bigot’ gaffe may cost Labour
Gillian Duffy had only popped out to buy a loaf of bread. But by the time she got home, following a chance encounter with the Prime Minister, the 65-year-old widow had become the woman who could seal the outcome of the general election.

Mrs Duffy, a lifelong Labour supporter, had the temerity to tackle Gordon Brown on the national debt, education and his party’s immigration policy.

In return, the Prime Minister branded her a “bigoted woman” in an ill-tempered aside which was caught on a microphone still on his lapel as he was chauffeured away.

Mr Brown’s visit to Rochdale, had been the latest salvo in a new Labour strategy to put him in front of real voters.

It ended with the most disastrous gaffe of the campaign and his party’s election strategy in turmoil.

Within hours, Mr Brown had interrupted his schedule to return to Rochdale, Greater Manchester, where he was forced to make a personal apology to Mrs Duffy.

During an extraordinary address to a live television audience from the grandmother’s driveway he described himself as “a penitent sinner”.

Later, the premier emailed all Labour supporters — including candidates — to make clear his “profound regret” at what he had done.

Coming on the eve of today’s final televised leaders’ debate, some Cabinet ministers privately feared that the blunder had fatally undermined Labour’s campaign.

There was more bad news for Labour when it emerged that Mrs Duffy had been signed up by the PR firm Bell Pottinger, part of a group chaired by Lord Bell, Margaret Thatcher’s favourite PR man. She was thought to have signed an exclusive deal with a tabloid newspaper.

Mr Brown insisted that he was “mortified” by his outburst, claiming he had “misunderstood” what the pensioner had said to him. Mrs Duffy’s family suggested the public had been given an insight into the hypocrisy of the Prime Minister, who had laughed and joked with her in public before insulting her in private when he thought he was no longer being recorded.

Prime Ministerial aides also feared that millions of voters who shared Mrs Duffy’s measured views on immigration, policing, education and the economy would feel slighted by Mr Brown’s remarks.

Lance Price, a former Downing Street adviser under Tony Blair, said: “To sustain its share of the vote and maximise the number of MPs it returns, Labour needs the votes of millions of traditional supporters like Mrs Duffy.

“The party has lost not just hers, but potentially thousands of others who will listen to what she said and find that they agree. Does Brown think they are all bigots too?”

The Prime Minister had been visiting a community re-offender project in Rochdale when Mrs Duffy called out to him and asked why he was not addressing the debt crisis.

As part of the new “real voters” strategy, she was ushered by an aide to speak directly to the Prime Minister.

Mrs Duffy politely asked about a range of issues including the national debt, education and immigration.

She said: “You can’t say anything about immigrants… all these eastern Europeans are coming in, where are they flocking from?”

Mr Brown answered her questions and, as they parted, Mrs Duffy praised Labour education policy, describing Mr Brown as a “nice man” and telling reporters she had already filled in her postal ballot, voting Labour. As he got into his ministerial Jaguar, the Prime Minister complimented the former council worker for coming from “a good family” and said: “It’s very nice to see you. Take care.”

The discussion was destined to get little coverage on the day’s election broadcasts.

But Mr Brown was still wearing a microphone provided by Sky News, which recorded him turning to his aide Justin Forsyth, and pronouncing: “That was a disaster.”

He added: “Whose idea was that?” He then blamed “Sue” – Sue Nye his longest serving aide and friend.

He was then asked by the aide what Mrs Duffy had said.

He replied: “Everything, she was just a sort of bigoted woman who said she used to be Labour.”

The comments were relayed to Mrs Duffy who was aghast that Mr Brown – “a man who is going to lead this country … an educated person” – would make such an accusation.

She said: “I’m very upset. What was bigoted in what I said?” Mrs Duffy later said she would “rip up” her postal vote.

Minutes later, Mr Brown arrived for a BBC radio interview with Jeremy Vine. While he was live on air, Vine played the Prime Minister his comments. Seemingly unaware that he was being filmed, he held his head in his hand as he listened. His apology was stuttering and couched in equivocal language.

He said: “Of course I apologise if I have said anything that has been offensive and I would never put myself in a position where I would want to say anything like that about a woman I met.

“It was a question about immigration that I think was annoying.”

With the row dominating the afternoon, the Prime Minister was forced to abandon plans to prepare for tonight’s debate. He telephoned Mrs Duffy to say sorry and then went to her house to make another apology.

He said: “I am mortified by what has happened. I have given her my sincere apologies.”

Last night, the latest opinion polls showed the Tories extending their lead. A ComRes survey for The Independent put them on 36 per cent, Labour on 29 and the Lib Dems on 26. A YouGov survey for The Sun put the Tories on 34, the Lib Dems on 31 and Labour on 27 and a Harris poll for Metro put the Conservatives on 32 per cent, the Lib Dems on 30 and Labour on 25.

Nick Clegg ‘lost for words’ after confrontation with student over youth unemployment.

Nick Clegg was left “lost for words” after an angry confrontation with a student about youth unemployment.

In the most heated exchange the Liberal Democrat leader has experienced on the campaign trail, he was told that his party’s plan to provide work placements for young people would leave them worse off.

His repeated attempts to placate Maya Black failed and she delivered a damning verdict on Mr Clegg after he left South Birmingham College.

She told reporters: “He looked lost for words. How is he going to run a country when he can’t answer a student’s questions?”

Miss Black, who is studying an access to health course so she can train to become a paramedic, claimed Mr Clegg had failed to address her query and wrongly tried to make her provide the answers.

In his only public appearance of the day before the crucial BBC leaders’ debate on the economy, Mr Clegg also made a gaffe by wrongly claiming that 16 year-olds are able to fight and die for their country.

The Liberal Democrat leader has so far in the election campaign been greeted by growing crowds of supporters following his success in the televised debates, and has generally been given an easy ride at public events.

But half an hour into his appearance at the further education college in the Hall Green area of Birmingham on Thursday morning, Mr Clegg came unstuck when Miss Black said she was “really angered” by the Lib Dems’ pledge that young people will not spend more than 90 days on JobSeeker’s Allowance before they get more training, education, an internship or a place on a work programme.

The 26 year-old said: “I’ve got a background working in recruitment, I know I’ve had hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of candidates, young people applying for my jobs, and they’d come in with certificates of all the training schemes they’ve been on, all the academic achievements they’ve had and they couldn’t find jobs. So it’s all very well you saying you’d put them on training schemes but that will not help them find jobs.

“What are you going to do to help employers to find jobs for young people? They won’t find jobs with a certificate, it’s a glorified piece of paper, that’s all it is unless you do something for employers. What are you going to do?”

As applause greeted her question, Mr Clegg told her: “You should go into politics.”

He admitted that taking a course would not guarantee a job, but insisted that it is better than unemployed young people sitting at home, feeling isolated and signing on while sending out job applications.

As Mr Clegg set out the Lib Dems’ plans, Miss Black shook her head in disagreement.

Mr Clegg said: “You may shake your head,” as he attempted to convince her that his plan would help young people.

But she would not be persuaded, as she claimed that at the end of the course young people would merely return to the dole queue, and told him: “I would argue that your idea actually demotivates people.”

Mr Clegg asked: “What is the alternative? What do you want to do?”

To applause from dozens of students gathered in the hall, Miss Black told him: “You shouldn’t be asking me that – I’m asking you.”

The Lib Dem leader repeated his assertion that forcing banks to lend to small businesses would help the economy.

“You can shake your head, Maya, but that is a fact. Employers will not create jobs unless they have money to do so.”

As he left the meeting, Mr Clegg went to shake Miss Black’s hand, asking: “Shall I give you a better answer next time?”

She told reporters: “He just said that he hoped he had better answers for me next time. I just smiled sweetly.”

Miss Black added that she did not plan to vote for any party, although she would have considered the Lib Dems had Mr Clegg given her a better answer.

He also blundered by saying that 16-year-olds should be given the vote because at that age they can lay down their lives for Britain in frontline combat with the Armed Forces.

Teenagers are not sent into active service until they are 18, according to the Ministry of Defence, although the Lib Dems claimed later that younger recruits can find themselves “in harm’s way”.

Meanwhile the Conservatives unveil voter ‘contract’, a bold move by Cameron.

The Conservatives have unveiled a ”contract” being sent to millions of households in target seats in a bid to capitalise on the ”momentum” generated by David Cameron’s performance in the final TV debate.
It sets out 16 key pledges with a message from the party leader to voters that: ”If we don’t deliver our side of the bargain, vote us out in five years’ time”.

With the constraint of the debates over, Mr Cameron will embark on a frenetic final week of campaigning across the UK ahead of the May 6 General Election as he renews efforts to secure an outright win.

With opinion polls continuing to point to the likelihood of a hung parliament, Mr Cameron used the showdown to renew his warnings that only a ”decisive” Conservative victory would lead to change,

Speaking to a rally of activists after coming off stage, he said the contract – which also sets out to dismiss ”false” claims by rivals – would help show ”we want it more than anybody else”.

”Day after day you will hear about our contract,” he told them.

”I want you to take this contract to every part of the country. This is a campaign where we are going to have to show energy and dynamism – that we want it more than anybody else.”

Titled ”A contract between the Conservative Party and you” and adorned with a picture of the would-be prime minister apparently signing it, the document has been mailed to two million homes.

Party sources said they included households in Labour-held seats the party had added to its target list in the wake of a surge of Liberal Democrat support on the back of the opening two debates.

In a personal message Mr Cameron calls for everyone in the country to ”get involved, take responsibility and work together” to foster economic recovery, mend the ”broken society” and clean up politics.

”So this is our contract with you. I want you to read it and – if we win the election – use it to hold us to account,” he writes.

Among the pledges included are a right to ”sack” misbehaving MPs, halt Labour’s planned National Insurance rise, increase health spending ”every year” and re-link state pensions to earnings.

Among efforts to ”set the record straight” over claims by opponents is a pledge to protect free eye tests and prescriptions for pensioners – an issue Prime Minister Gordon Brown challenged Mr Cameron on forcefully in the debates.

”This contract is a no-frills, no-nonsense commitment to do certain specific things in exchange for people’s vote,” he told the supporters who watched the debate in an arts centre.

”With trust in politics at an all time low, and people tired of politicians breaking their promises, we are saying clearly in this contract: ‘if we don’t do these things, if we don’t deliver our side of the bargain: vote us out in five years time’.”

Another million copies of the leaflet will be handed out at ”key locations” during the final days of the campaign, officials said.

Mr Cameron will concentrate today on a separate ”contract” specifically on education as he visits schools in the Midlands.

Shadow education secretary Michael Gove said a ”more authoritative” display by Mr Cameron against his opponents last night meant he was entering the final stretch ”with a greater level of momentum”.

”David has been more authoritative this time round and on issues like the economy and the banks, where Gordon Brown should be in command, David aced it,” he said.

Liberal Democrat leader Mr Clegg had stumbled over his party’s stance on joining the euro and an amnesty for some illegal immigrants, he said – and accused him of using ”bogus” statistics to rubbish Tory plans to place a cap on immigration.

Mr Brown had been ”relentlessly negative throughout” in what was ”a very ragged, very embattled performance from someone who is clearly recognising that his support is slipping away”, he added.

Labour has been consistently trailing the Lib Dems in some opinion polls, sparking confidence among Tory strategists they can expand their intensive campaigning to seats not initially seen as targets.

Mr Cameron has denied that meant abandoning efforts to snatch seats from the Liberal Democrats in areas such as the South West.

Well that is the news from the Big 3, and now all the hype of the debates is over, it will come down to the count on the day whether we have a hung parliament, a Tory Government or Labour still holding power (God Forbid).

The independents have climbed in the polls too, and good luck to them. I hope if any of them win their seats they remember it is for the local people not for self enrichment or power.

The smaller parties have gained popularity as people look for an alternative, even the small English Democrats party has gained some momentum after getting their PEB which was shown on St George’s day, maybe some will do well, but with all the infighting and right wing elements only the better ones will get anywhere.

Thursday is Vote day.
VOTE WISE. VOTE WELL. ABOVE ALL VOTE ENGLISH MP’S. VOTE FOR ENGLAND.