Leicester Mercury political correspondent
The tightest campaign for decades
There are eight days until polls open here in Leicestershire after the most unpredictable General Election campaign for decades.
Challengers in the county’s marginals don’t look quite so confident of victory, while incumbents in safe seats across the city and beyond are beginning to think the unthinkable: “Could I lose on May 6?” One or two seats which were seen as untouchable at the start of the campaign now look dead-heat marginals.
The polls say Britain has a Labour Party with falling support, a Conservative Party unable to seal the deal with the British public, and an unexpected Liberal Democrat surge which is either the dawn of three party politics, or a bubble waiting to pop.
There’ll be no clarity before next Thursday, but one thing is already guaranteed:
There won’t be a single candidate who can sleep soundly on May 5.
