Blimey. I know that there isn’t the same appetite for Cameron now as there was for Blair in ’97 – but if the Tories can’t win an election like this – then they must be really worried.

Bedford has elected a new Mayor – Liberal Democrat Dave Hodgson. This is an amazing victory for Dave – and he and the Bedford LibDems have done brilliantly. I mean in this climate – just after the Tory conference – this is stupendous.

There hasn’t been tons of coverage about this election in the media – but it is an important one. The Mayor of Bedford represents more people than an MP does, and Dave will be making important decisions that affect peoples’ lives.

I think this result will put the wind up the Conservatives quite rightly. The General Election is so not a done deal. With Labour trailing a miserable fifth, the battle is clearly between the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives as to who scoops up all those Labour deserters.