Blue is the colour

IF you are a gambling man then this is the time to put all your money on blue.

Blue on Thursday when Britain goes to the polls and Blue on Sunday when the Premier League title will finally be decided.

Manchester United’s narrow victory at Sunderland yesterday has ensured Chelsea must wait a little longer to be crowned champions but the painful truth for Red Devil supporters is there is more chance of Gordon Brown earning a General Election landslide than Carlo Ancelotti’s men throwing it away at the death.