Michael Howard uses his 4.20am acceptance speech in his Folkestone and Hythe constituency to effectively concede the election to Labour and Tony Blair, saying it "looks as if" Labour have gained an historic third term.
Not that startling an observation; as he took to the stage Labour were standing at 320 seats - just four short of a majority - and as he left it, Labour were on 323, just one short (and by the time this post was finished, they had made finishing line).
But in a surprising turn of words as he congratulated Mr Blair, Mr Howard said he would be willing to support him in a third term - but only if he delivered on some of the promises made by the Tories during the campaign, such as cleaner hospitals.
