Day 1847

Beautiful day, very warm. Rather like the weather for the last election. Worked on the exchange positions batch form.

Came back, read Private Eye - before the election this time round. Watched the news, nothing unusual to report, Tony B. looking popular in Stockton. Carried on with The Pickwick Papers, which has been my lunchtime book for some time and merits evening reading too.

Quite tired now after this morning's hangover, and the last five years. As I've said before, if I must I'll wait another 5, 15 or bloody 50, but hopefully this time we will 'stop the bastards'. Polls are steady at 18 points, so even in the Armageddon scenario of them being as wrong as 1992, Labour should take a 3-point win. If there's any truth in them at all, any figure between 6 and 12 points seems likely. But only time will tell; polls open in 10 hours, close in 25 hours

I'm getting up at 6.30 to make sure I get to vote. It's all we can do now.