Election 2019: Now We Wait

The country is at last voting after a campaign which lacked sparkle, like the turbulent weather and short winter days. The darkness matching the dark mood in the country. Polls tell us to expect more Johnson Getting Brexit Done. They do not tell us what exactly that means nor, having technically set off from the EU, where we shall actually wind up.

But how good are the polls with five parties in play nationally, plus regional parties in the three not England nations of our Union? And one massive cross party question about leaving the EU as well as individual party visions of what kind of country we want to live in? Is Brexit everything, or are things like the wreck of our public services, affordable housing, the NHS, an unfair economic model based on asset inflation benefitting the few at the expense of wealth creation for the many, issues which count too?

As the night wears on we shall find the answers. In the morning perhaps we shall find a nation coming together. Or one more divided than ever.

And angrier too.