UK election 2015: Six reasons why anyone else should care

[T_i_B]

And our general election is tomorrow. Look out for a hung parliament with no overall majority and the rise of the Scottish Nationalists.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32587879

Voters in the UK prepare to go to the polls on Thursday in an election seen as one of the closest-fought in years.
But why should the vote be of interest beyond England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. The bookies now have Cameron and Miliband neck and neck as the next PM

http://www.oddschecker.com/politics/british-politics/next-uk-general-election/prime-minister-after-general-election

Best odds on both of them: evens. Some bookies have them level at 10/11; some favour Miliband (eg Stan James 4/5, with Cameron 10/11), and others Cameron (eg bet365, at 17/20, with Miliband 19/20). And on the 2 bookies where odds are set purely by the weight of bets, befair has Miliband at 10/11, just ahead of Cameron as 20/21, while Betdaq has the same odds, but for the other leaders.

Seat calculators are now tending to agree with the Tories having a small lead on number of seats, and SNP getting between 51 and 56 seats: http://may2015.com/category/seat-calculator/

[T_i_B]

2. Election day kick

I'll be at the polling station later. I would have voted at 7am but time is short for me in the morning, and I will need to study the council ballot papers quite closely.