Day 25 Wednesday 23rd

The day before the count is always the worst day of the campaign. The moratorium on Radio and television coverage gives people the impression that the campaign is over. Campaign workers unconsciously start to switch off because of it. The candidate worries about all of the things that should have been done and realises that even if he did them all today it probably wouldn't make a huge amount of difference to the outcome. So near and yet so far.

I generally try to focus on particular calls that need to be made or issues that need to be resolved. I spend some time preparing for the long day that tomorrow will be. The polls will be open for15 hours tomorrow and I will have to visit each one many times. After 25 days of a campaign it will be a hard slog. But having put so much in, I have no doubt that the team will finish the job by getting the vote out tomorrow.

Thank you to everybody who has helped along the way. My campaign team have been magnificent as ever. And we saw more new faces than ever before this campaign. There was more interest on the doorsteps than in any other election in 15 years. As ever nothing beats the face-to-face one-to-one contact on the doorstep in terms of winning the election.

I doubt I will have time to write anything tomorrow. Thank you for your attention over the last three weeks. Please get out to vote tomorrow.