Could it have been any less interesting? I began to get the feeling (sometime around 3am) that someone was actively editing all the drama out of the election. A vague paranoia set in that perhaps Rupert Murdoch had bought the rights to all the exciting constituencies. But no, it was just as underwhelming over on [...]

How can you have an election where nobody wins?
Obviously the Tories are the worst losers. If I were a Conservative voter, I’d be really worried about the state of the party. For as long as I can remember, it’s been a good rule of thumb that when Labour were in trouble, the Tories would be [...]

Now that everyone’s sleeping the sleep of the satisfied political anorak I might as well pitch in with a few words about the significance of it all, at least when viewed through the wrong end of an empty bottle of…but that joke’s getting old.
So. Were you still up for Oona?

I’ve been up for nearly 26 hours now, and have liveblogged the election throughout the night, from 10pm to 8am. Below the fold is my drink and insomnia-addled post-match analysis, plus the whole sorry caboodle, running in reverse-chronological order, as all good blogs should. Some insights, some swearing, and the occasional appearance from my mate [...]