Pretend you stayed up

If, like me, you've just got up and need to sound authoritative talking to people who've been up all night, try this. Start with the big picture, then familiarise yourself with the key statistics and see what happened to your own constituency. Then, for some anecdotal flavour, see how the night unfolded. Finally, find out what to say about what it all means, and what the Guardian thinks. Then preface everything you say with "Of course ...". "Of course no one really expected Galloway to get in" ... "Of course, the Lib Dems have made gains principally in the university cities" ... "Of course the worst result was for Plaid Cymru" ... simple.