Campaign round-up: four days to go

It’s four days until voters go to the polls – here’s a quick look at how the elections are shaping up across the country.

Quote of the day

“Everybody needs to calm down, get behind the leader, and deal with issues, whether it is anti-Semitism or anything else that come up, in an appropriate manner without jumping to the tune of people who are our enemies” – Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite, gives Pienaar’s Politics his view on the row sparked by Ken Livingstone’s comments.

Message of the day

“The Tory Government are increasingly isolated with no support from head teachers for their plans to force good and outstanding schools to become academies against their wishes” – Lucy Powell, shadow Education Secretary, after heckling of Nicky Morgan at the National Association of Head Teachers’ conference.

Poll of the day

The latest Sunday Times survey of local government by-election results analysed by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher: “This shows Labour on 30 per cent, down nine points compared with four years ago. The Tories have a national equivalent vote share of 31 per cent, down two points. The Lib Dems continue to perform better at real elections than in the polls with a rating of 16 per cent. Ukip is on 12 per cent”.

Opposition watch

Nicola Sturgeon, SNP First Minister, goes back to that “once in a lifetime” referendum in the Scotland on Sunday: “Even if I am looking at it from the interests of the SNP, it is not in our interests to have a second referendum too soon before we think a majority of people in Scotland have been persuaded of our case.”