Election 2010 daily guide: Thursday 6 May

Published on Thursday 6 May 2010 11:08

Our daily guide to all the news, analysis, polls and gaffes from the General Election campaign trail.

• A member of the public leaves the polling station at Pitlochry as voting begins in the 2010 general election.

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Why there will be no winners after today

NEW Dawn it may be. But few general elections have ever been so quickly followed by Darkness at Noon. Britain stumbles into work today after the most compelling and unpredictable election campaign for a generation – and a debt hangover second to none.

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3:30am: When Cameron may know if he's next PM

WHEN the election was called on 6 April, the Electoral Reform Society issued a press release telling 25 million voters in 382 of Britain's 650 constituencies that their vote did not really count.

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The 12 seats which could define this year's election

THE seats that may provide the closest contests in the 2010 Election.

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'Now the people are the boss' as Britain heads for the polls

THE three party leaders fighting over the keys to 10 Downing Street last night continued to slug it out for the floating vote, as the most exciting election campaign for generations came to a close.

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Tories 'head for No10 and minority government' – poll

DAVID Cameron will win enough seats to become prime minister of a minority Conservative government, a leading pollster predicted last night.

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Salmond fields referendum attack with Canavan's support

FIRST Minister Alex Salmond was yesterday urged to dump his plans for an independence referendum as Labour said today's General Election was the real key to Scotland's future.

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British debt 'will be higher than any other EU country'

THE European Commission entered Britain's election debate on the eve of polls after warning that British public debt is expected to be higher than any other European Union country this year.

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