Wimbledon parallels Australian politics for tennis tragic Sir Roger on this Men’s Finals day. So in a nutshell, the way Australian politics is going at the moment, Labor is 2 sets to love down, and down a break early in the third. Julia really has to drink a cup of concrete and harden up if [...]

Just a heads up on the NSW election result. As you already know – and here’s something you can bank on – despite all the talk of “change” and “new eras in NSW politics”, nothing is going to change except the names of the people who take the money and the names of the “mates”. [...]

Sir Roger tells me he really didn’t want to have to write anything today. He has a new pair of Wellington boots and they are chafing his heels. He just wants to put his feet up and go to that nothing box men go to where women are not allowed. Perhaps this will help you [...]

A Sciencey Xmas celebration with Robin Ince, Ben Goldacre and Brian Cox, Weird Placebo Effects, Amazing Universe and Onion News is Back with the Palin Effect!

One of the things that so disappoints me about the election result is that I am the standard bearer for values and ideals which matter,” babbled Mr Abbott

On 22 August, the day following the Great Big Election Excitement, Sir Roger commented on the real problem with the result … and it has come to pass …

Despite what some are still saying, the AEC on its website has closed off the result, declaring no seats are doubtful. Here’s how the parties finally stack up.

It is such a joy to watch the desperation of the major parties and the cringing, oozingly insincere performances they are now displaying for the Gang of Three

the Swing to “Informal”, at 1.69%, was larger than the swing to the Liberals (0.62%), or any other opposition party. But the swing to the Greens was 3.53%.

Can there be anything that typifies more the plight in which federal Labor finds itself today? PLUS what Bob Catter really feels when no-one’s looking AND MORE

In all the talk about hung parliaments and who’ll be first to 75 the pundits seem to be ignoring that whoever’s first to 75 would have to provide a Speaker

Well, the people have had their say but one doesn’t understand what they mean.

Here are some seats worth keeping an eye on tonight. These are the closest seats we found on Betfair, some on a knife-edge:

The election in a nutshell – and in Mandarin. And how the Sex Party fits in (if you’ll pardon the expression).

Rising today Sir Roger discovered to his interest that the odds had ticked up overnight and returned where they had begun 24 hours earlier. What can this mean?