At last the day has come. The most astonishing political campaign ever organised in this country has seen the underdog turn into a rock star and the front runner stumble. It has transformed the the political conversation. A real, radical alternative with a widely praised, well thought out, properly costed Labour manifesto took the whole media and political establishment by surprise and has proved very popular on the doorstep. By contrast the Tory manifesto has been a disaster, unraveling both their campaign and their leader’s invincible aura. U-Turns are back. A blue van bearing the theme ‘Strong and Stable Leadership’ blew over in yesterday’s high winds on one of the motorways, causing traffic delays. Was that an omen?
The political establishment, the media and most of the commentators expect and predict a Tory win by miles. Just one or two outlying polls tell a different story. This time tomorrow we will know who was right. On the one hand we stand on the brink of more of the depressing same, laced with U-Turns and Brexit grandstanding. And on the other hand?
A political revolution.