When the news of the terror trial convictions came through I am ashamed to say that my first thought was, "how will this effect the elections on Thursday". Then my mind turned back to the first election night programme I can remember. A news flash came through. No "breaking news" scrolls or backdrops in those days: the presenter read from a scruffy piece paper that had been handed to him that the Chinese had just tested their first atom bomb. He turned to one of his experts who said, "Too late to help the Conservatives". plus ca la change.

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