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It was June 6th - the eve of the general election. The Prime Minister's private secretary had been imploring him to take a break.
"Tony, if you don't get some rest you'll be in no fit state for tomorrow! "
Over the previous few weeks the PM had given his all - campaigning tirelessly in the constituencies, addressing the public from his soap-box and inspiring his party with a series of rousing speeches at the hustings. Even in the television interviews, it was generally agreed that the PM had been much more convincing than the other party leaders. So although he knew that opinion polls could never quite be trusted, he had been acutely shocked and depressed that the eve-of-election polls showed the main parties to be neck and neck ...
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