[interestednovice]

The thing is that at 10pm on election night the only thing that matters is who's won the election. Opinions are for the previous four weeks, they aren't relevant once voting stops.

Absolutely true, and the “analysis” we hear from politicians of all types is usually a re-run of the issues of the campaign along with the constant “we’ll have to wait until more results come in”. Most of the early part of the election programme doesn’t even discuss who might have won the election, which is really pointless when you think about it.

We should have more impartial (i.e. experts and BBC reporters) analysis, instead of politicians given free reign to talk endlessly around the the usual campaign points.

The BBC did this quite well actually with the primary coverage earlier this week, with Helena Humphrey in the “touch screen” role, both Sumi & Catriona attempting to moderate discussion fairly strictly and the panel having a better mix than usual - along with Katty as extra analysis.

Hopefully that portends good things to come.