1735: "I'm not sure I should say this on camera," says a tieless Tony Blair, but decides to press on anyway with a good old dig. "The Clegg business is absurd, you know. The policies are nonsense." Speaking in Tamworth, Staffordshire, he also praises Labour, saying "we should be proud of what we've done" and this election "is about what we can do in the future if we're given the chance".
1743: "Even if the path narrows to a tightrope, it seems Cameron will walk the line of Conservatism rather than be tempted to fall into the safety net of the Lib Dems," says Fraser Nelson, in the HREF="http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/5966208/cameron-will-walk-the-line.thtml" ID="9999" STYLE="LINK_Inline">Spectator. He's pleased with the word from Tory sources that Mr Cameron would form a minority government rather than seek a pact with Nick Clegg in the event of hung Parliament. It's the "more dangerous" option but "the surest route to long-term political success", he adds.
