The middle week of an election campaign is often the least exciting - the first flush of enthusiasm has worn off, in the constituencies the first leaflets are out, the nominations are in, the election addresses are off to the Post Office, and the hustings - if there are any - have also lost their lustre.
Nationally, there is still no clear picture of what is happening. The weekend polls indicated that Labour were pulling away, but the latest polls show an apparent tightening of the race. Anecdotal reports suggest that Labour are confident of retaining enough of their key marginals, but despite this Tuesday's wobble Tory Central Office is still confident that they are on course to cause an upset. The LibDems are convinced that their vote and seat share will increase again. In Scotland the issue keeping the punditocracy awake is whether the SNP will come out of this election with fewer seats than they went in.
Political Betting has the numbers, and the money. Two weeks to go, and nothing yet is certain.
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