Sunder Katwala raises the alarm. Chris Brooke summarizes:
Roughly speaking, the idea is that in the event of a hung parliament, David Cameron isn’t going to wait patiently for Gordon Brown to deliberate at leisure over his future as prime minister, but is going publicly to declare victory and demand “the keys to Number 10? (which is a funny expression, as the famous front door to 10 Downing St doesn’t have a keyhole in it); and that he’ll be cheered on in doing this by the rightwing press...
And yawns:
The bottom line is that politics is about power, and if the Tories are the only ones willing to play hardball, then bluntly good for them. If the Queen discredits herself along the way by being pressured into being openly partisan, then that’s a good thing, as it’ll work to hasten the end of this stupid monarchy. And if voters disapprove of what the Tories are doing, then they’ll punish them when they get the chance. That’s democracy.
On Friday, Britain's post-election politics could look alarmingly like Iraq's. The real story may be after this election, not before it.
(Hat tip: Harry)