IT COULD BE CARNAGE

Watch Carlisle and Sunderland

HOW bad will it be for Labour?
That's the nub as the electorate goes to the polls tomorrow.
And if Carlisle, where a 3,000 turnaround will see the Conservative in control for the first time in 46 years, is one of the hotspots and a guide to what will go on throughout the country, then what about Sunderland?
They are always first to declare a result and a new seat, Sunderland Central, has Tory-favouring boundaries in a Labour hotbet.
The Conservatives are 5/2 to win the seat yet local intelligence has it that they might.
If they do then Labour are in for a long night that will leave them as red-faced as their party colours.
Constituencies in which even 10,000 majorities are in danger of becoming marginals are the last-minute focus of the party leaders and popping into Cumbria for fish and chips and a chat with the local firemen was deemed appropriate by David Cameron.
He was being followed into the county later today by Gordon Brown.
Celebrity party endorsements have reared their heads and despite the damning verdict of actor Ray “I don’t like any of them. They are all liars” Winstone, who says he will not be voting, a high turnout is expected.
Polls continue to suggest Mr Cameron is not on course to secure an outright win at the ballot box tomorrow.
And speaking at the fire station, he denied the early-hours campaigning was merely a stunt to garner pre-poll publicity
“I’m here with the emergency services. They work all night, I’m perfectly happy to work all night. Call it what you want,” he said.
In a ferocious attack of Labour “lies” about his policies, he accused Gordon Brown of running “the most negative campaign anyone has fought in the history of modern British politics.
“All he has done is talk about cuts this and cuts that and he has made up untruth after untruth. If this is the son of a preacher man, I don’t know what we are hearing,” he said.
“Where has his ’moral compass’ been for the last four weeks?”
And he mocked Liberal Democrat policies on housing and immigration, saying Nick Clegg’s party represented “a change for the worse”.
Betting on the General Election has reached fever pitch.
William Hill will keep their telephone betting offices open throughout Election night and will be continuously amending their odds for the outcome of the Election and constituency results.
"We are predicting that up to a record political betting turnover of £25million is going to be riding on the outcome of the General Election," said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.
"The Lib Dems were 350/1 no-hopers to win the Election as Nick Clegg began the first TV debate. Those odds collapsed dramatically to as low as 16/1 after that. It was the most sensational political gamble of all time and it will cost us a seven figure payout if it comes off.
"However, political shrewdies have also been quietly punting on a Hung Parliament for the best part of a year now and if that happens it could also cost us a substantial payout."