Normal practice with polls on this site is to establish readers’ preferences. To spice things up a bit this time let’s test our collective predictive powers. Admittedly “spicing things up is a relative concept.

On this occasion you have to cast your vote according to what you THINK will be the most likely outcome of the British general election. Try to remember that what you think may happen is not always the same as what you want to happen. Some readers may struggle with that notion.

If you are tempted to try and fiddle the results just spend three seconds thinking about how bleak and empty your life must be if you think it’s worth the trouble.