The Conservatives won Montgomeryshire with a swing of landslide proportions; but the scarcity of such triumphs by the main parties, and the fragmented, unpredictable, indecisive quality of the election results instead, have left British politics in its most confused and volatile state since the dizzying days of the 70s.
Mattias Hegerius: Pretty much the low quality of the election itself.
"It is premature to make a judgment about the quality of the elections," Mr. Omer said.
Later, while international and domestic observers signed off on the quality of the elections, many in the North believe the ballot counting was rigged to spare Jonathan a runoff.
The only observation mission of serious size, the Free and Fair Elections Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA), said in an initial assessment it had "serious concerns about the quality of the elections".Fighting on the day killed dozens of civilians and wounded many more.
Candidates are auditioning for the oligarchs in a way that has taken the well-known money-talks quality of American elections and pushed it into cartoonish high relief.
This is something that would not just improve the quality of the elections, but would potentially help us as a country to focus on issues rather than rhetoric and policy instead of posturing.
There will be many twists and turns before polling day, but some of the essential qualities of this election are already becoming clear.
He praises the "quality of the Tory election team, including their external Australian and American advisers".
The quality of the Tory election team, including their external Australian and American advisers, would also have been handy for Labour.
