May cause drowsiness: day 6

Apo­lo­gies if you’re read­ing this from out­side the shores of the United King­dom and con­sequently this unre­mark­able Thursday is much like any other unre­mark­able Thursday, but there won’t be any typ­ical entry here tonight because the whole coun­try is offi­cially closed for a gen­eral election.

Fur­ther­more, if the res­ults bear out what the final round of opin­ion polls appear to sug­gest, then you won’t want to know the UK any more any­way. We’ll be busily pulling up the draw­bridges all around the coast, proudly singing God Save The Queen and There’ll Always Be An Eng­land with a slightly trem­bling stiff upper lip, and throw­ing the last few remain­ing for­eign­ers and immig­rants with the temer­ity to still be here over the side to drown in the ocean.

It’s been lovely know­ing you, World. Wish us luck. We’ll need it.