There’s been something of a drop-off in campaigning in Hove. No more knocks on the door or leaflets through the letterbox. Both the Tories and Labour have seen a collapse in their poster numbers with only the Lib Dems boosting their tally with three posters. The Tories posters featuring candidate Nicholas Boles seem to have vanished like the early spring daffs. And the “rivers of blood” one has gone from opposite the Hindu temple.

Boles himself has made something of a berk of himself over a proposed housing development in Hove which his team have attempted to rubbish with the most hilarious pieces of photo doctoring I’ve seen in a while. It seems Nicholas is giving people different opinions about the development. Naughty, naughty. (Thanks to Hove Labour for the heads up - nothing if not balanced, me.)

BB at Hove Labour also pointed me in the direction of Political Betting’s odds on the Hove election - not a lot in it, as I think you’ll agree: