It worries me that as someone else said up thread, Reform could be the quiet vote. Hard to tell how much it's Internet hype, but both Left and Right wing people are now openly saying they'll vote that way, and more will be hiding it.
I think Labour may get less of a majority than is expected (possibly losing voters to Reform, with such a big majority predicted that people assume Labour don't need their vote), but hopefully enough to avoid a hung parliament. The unpredictability, instability and hamstrung policies of a hung parliament are the last thing we need.
We need a strong opposition too. We all saw what happened in Scotland, when Nicola Sturgeon was able to single-handedly write laws as she chose, because she was too powerful within the SNP, which was too powerful within Hollyrood. The fact that Scotland doesn't have a 2nd house made that much, much worse - so let's hope Starmer doesn't follow through with his intention of getting rid of the house of Lords. We're going to need them.
So whichever way you lean, get out there and vote for who you want in power!
My big worry is what happens next: both during this term and also next election.
The whole world is becoming more extremist, currently mostly swinging to the hard right. I don't want us to follow. (or go to the far left either - the horseshoe of politics meaning that those are actually quite close)
Our problems are more due to global issues than people want to believe, and things are likely to keep getting worse over the next term. After all the euphoria Friday is likely to bring, how can Labour possibly live up to expectations?
If life continues to be difficult - and Reform become normalised as a party - next election could be very different.
Worrying times.