"So cheer up friends. Our next leadership contest will soon be on its way. As usual I will try to keep you up to date with what is really happening on the ground. Those of you with your heads still up in the air may like to join me down here in reality land!"

I LOVE this guy (Tory Boy) - what a wonderful natural comic he is. Keep these posts coming Tory Boy; I love a good chuckle. The Tories ended up with less seats than Labour did under Michael Foot (their lowest ever point) and still have 150-odd seats less than Labour despite a massive protest vote by Labour voters turning to the Lib Dems. The only "progress" the Tories made was based entirely on this protest vote. The "great" Maggie Thatcher came to power in 1979 with only a 20 seat majority - and how those Tory Boys 'n Girls went wild. How bad can it get for the Tories?

As their share of the vote has flatlined on those bedrock-solid traditional blue-rinse coffee-morning dearies/luvvies we have all come to admire for their mis-placed fortitude, it's fair to assume they're finished as an effective political force. In "reality land" our friend Tory Boy can expect to meet up with the rabbit checking his timepiece any time now.