Unionist MPs may hold the rope for the Tories in a hung parliament

COULD Northern Ireland decide the course of British politics tomorrow, after all?

The bookmakers are predicting a small Tory overall majority, but most pollsters still say a hung parliament is on the cards.

Conservative leader David Cameron sounds increasingly confident of winning outright. Even if he fails, the Daily Telegraph – the Tories’ house journal – wrote on Monday that it understands Cameron is preparing to “go it alone” and form a minority government. The paper quoted a Conservative frontbencher as saying: “We don’t need a formal coalition deal if the unionists are on board for the key pieces of legislation.”