Occasionally bloggers are prone to getting carried away. The worries about Brown refusing to call an election after the deadline by exploiting the Civil Contingencies Act have, happily, turned out to be misplaced. Brown isn’t Stalin. Spread the word!

So “Barnacle Brown” did, in fact, step down. Good on him. That’s the good news. The bad news is that there’s going to be an election to either continue with Labour, switch to the Conservatives or make the Lib Dems collectively squee their pants with a Hung Parliament. Be still, my beating heart.

Along the way many of us will be exhorted to vote Conservative as the only way to keep out Labour or vote Lib Dem as the only way to keep out the Tory or vote Labour as the only way to keep out the BNP. I’m not going to lie to you: It’s going to be horrible. Leaflets through the door that say absolutely nothing. People knocking on the door who only want to know who you’re going to vote for so they can hassle you on polling day to get off your arse and vote. You may, if you’re paying attention, find out who Nick Clegg is and what he looks like.

24 hour news channels are going to become an avalanche of pure bullshit, with every tiny detail analysed in excruciating detail. It’s day one and already they’re asking how they’re going to stop it getting boring because they’re already bored out of their skulls. Day one!

Thankfully the blogosphere, with its innate paranoia and tendency towards Dramaqueenism, will be a lot more interesting. Lies, bias, fighting… all the stuff that’s banned on TV, for better or worse. Elections are Christmas for political geeks, where we all dress up like Malcolm Tucker and go around calling each other c**ts, or something like that.

Maybe you’re wondering who you should vote for? My advice is to get help. Professional help.