In a world gone mad - as they say in the movie trailers - and in a land where the old rules don't apply, one Lib Dem has broken with the trend.

In a general election where the Clegg bubble has burst dramatically ('Where's your bubble gone? Where's your bubble gone?), virtually all swings are either Lab. to Con., or Lib Dem to Con.

Congratulations, then, to Sebastian Kindersley for this:

Yes, he managed - against a Tory 'big beast', on an evening when the swings are universally to the Tories - to close the gap on a long-established MP on his own first outing.

And he managed to get over 20,000 people to put their cross against his name - a sufficient amount to win in many constituencies.

It just shows what you can do with a strong, locally focussed campaign, and a lot of footwork.

(And, of course, with the eldest CF-ette telling, knocking up and helping at HQ - that's what swung it)

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Look, this shit is not hard. Really:

Are we so fucked as a nation that we can't even follow through, fairly and fully, a process that is completely described in 5 fucking sentences?

Is everyone so stupid that we can't ... oh fuck it, of course we are.



(tip of the Hat to Malcolm Coles, via Twitter)

What an exciting thing a General Election is! CF has had an election for weeks now.

One of the less exciting aspects is the endless fucking polling. We've suffered from having excessive poll results stuffed down our throats, morning noon and night.

So how valid are these polls? Let's have a little look at the polls following last night's feast of arse, the Leader's debate. What were the results? Well..

A ComRes/ITV debate poll put Mr Cameron at 35%, Mr Clegg on 33% and Mr Brown on 26%.

According to Channel 4 News, Mr Brown won with with 44%, with Mr Clegg on 42% and Mr Cameron on 13%.

YouGov/Sun had a bigger win for Mr Cameron, on 41%, with Mr Clegg on 32% and Mr Brown on 25%.

Populus for the Times called it a draw; Mr Cameron and Clegg level on 38%, with the prime minister on 25%.

ICM for the Guardian saw Mr Cameron win with 35%, Mr Brown second at 29% and Mr Clegg at 27%.

According to the famous ITV 'worm', Clegg won, Brown came next and Cameron came last.

That's right: last night, based upon scientifically run polls, Brown won, Cameron won and Clegg won. Clegg also came last, as did Brown. And Cameron. In 2nd place? All of them. And Cameron and Clegg drew.

So, how valid are the polls?

Not in the fucking slightest.


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