I was booked to appear on Radio 5 at just after midnight. With all the fuss I don’t know whether I’m still on so I’m off to bed. The phone will go if they need me.

Please use this to continue the discussion.

POLLING UPDATE:

CON ??%(40)
LAB 31%(30)
LD ??%(17)

The poll was for the Sun with virtually all the fieldwork taking place before Wednesday’s momentous events. Labour will be delighted to move up a notch – even though it was well within the margin of error – and the Tory total remains solidly on 40%.

The key thing now is what post-plot polls show.

Mike Smithson