At this election, let me vote None of the Above

BELIEVE it or not, after the parties have expended so much effort in this campaign, so many photo opportunities (did you like the PM better in the one with the avocado or the glass of whisky?) and in the case of Ed Davey, so much dignity, there are still lots of people who do not know which way to vote.

- Melanie McDonagh

At least one in eight are still considering who to opt for, according to one estimate. That includes about two million who voted Tory last time and are now tossing coins to decide which way they go now.

In recent general elections, about twothirds of us vote; a third do not. This time round, the turnout may be lower — if you know there’s a landslide coming, why bother? But it is at least possible that no-shows may be animated by antipathy to the options on offer.