So here it is, merry X cross

After months of electioneering the day when Britain decides who will get us out of the massive financial hole we are in has finally arrived.

While some of the latest opinion polls show the Tories getting a working majority, many people still feel a hung parliament is likely.

So much has been said about the draw backs and the virtues of a hung parliament over the past few weeks, it is not worth going into here. Suffice to say, the Liberal Democrats will play a key pivotal role.

Apart from what job Nick Clegg would get in a Tory-Lib Dem coalition, many will be wondering what position Lib Dem treasury supremo and all round good egg Vince Cable will be given.

Mr Cable has been a popular commentator throughout the credit crisis and has some genuinely interesting ideas on the future of our financial institutions.

Whether he'll get the deputy chancellorship under George Osborne - otherwise known as Chief Secretary to the Treasury - we can only wait and see.

Meanwhile, I'm stocking up on caffeine to ensure I am there to witness what promises to be one of the most exciting General Election results since the war.

Looking across to my colleagues on the Mercury politics desk, they seem strangely subdued. Contemplating the thrilling rollercoaster ride to come over the next 24 hours, no doubt.