The last rehearsal

"I have the result for Broxtowe"...

Today, at around 3pm to be precise, is the last time I'll be saying that on the phone before it happens for real on Thursday night/Friday morning. In the last few weeks, Sky have ran a few phone rehearsals for election night, making it as close as we can to what could really happen on the night.

Although we're following a pretty basic script in order to make communication as easy as possible between myself and the lucky person who recieves my phone call at Sky HQ, as with all my fellow stringers across the country - what will happen on the night will inevitably be far more complex.

I think that's partly because this election is still wide open, especially in such marginal seats like Broxtowe, the results of which could be critical to finding out the overall result some time early on Friday morning. If we look at the difference in some of the polls at the moment, almost anything could still happen.

Must say though - all credit to Sky News for running a very smooth operation in the run up to the election, both with the on-screen coverage, and the behind the scenes preparation which I am so privileged to be a part of. Lets hope it all goes so well on Thurday night!