British Election: Labour and Tory efforts may fail to avoid revote

Will Number 10 Downing Street be home to the Con Man or the Squatter tomorrow night?

The Tories are attempting to brand Ed Miliband as a confidence trickster set to “hijack” Downing St even if he does not get the biggest block of seats in a hung House of Commons, while Labour has struck back by insisting David Cameron will be little more than a house invader if he attempts to cling to the official residence with no hope of putting together a parliamentary majority.

There is no point checking with the British constitution over what happens when no one can command a majority — because there is no written constitution.