London Evening Standard: Pedal power could help to decide the outcome of the election, campaigners said yesterday, claiming that cycling policy could be the key to winning marginal seats. "This could really be the cyclist's election, and in marginal seats both locally and nationally we believe our members can really make a difference," said ToBogdanowicz of the London Cycling Campaign.

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In a joint letter to the guardian today, the heads of the royal colleges as well as the Academy of Medical Roya lColleges has advocated reconfiguring services to reduce waste and improve services.

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I've been watching the build up on the BBC and it strikes me that David Cameron has already won a major victory. Nick Clegg arrived first: no wife. Cameron arrived next: out of the limo and immediately around to open the door for his pregnant wife, carefully chaperoning her into the building, the perfect gentleman.

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I've been listening to replays all evening. In my view, Brown's initial reaction was correct. Mrs Gillian Duffy (complete with tinted spectacles) did show an immense degree of bigotry. She objects to the fact that a reputed one million eastern Europeans (read Poles) have settled in Britain. Gordon justifiably made the point that one million Brits have settled in Europe (and bear in mind that the terms eastern and western European have lost all meaning since the Berlin Wall got kicked down).

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Who will you be voting for on 6 May in the UK general election? (anonymous poll)

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One thing is clear about Election 2010 - no-one from any side is going to let the truth get in the way of a good story. The Tories have decided that cancer care in the UK is poorer than Bulgaria because 176 per 100,000 die of cancer in the UK compared to 170 per 100,000 in Bulgaria. They use this simple, unexplained figure to complain about the lack of access to "cancer drugs" in the UK, implying that better access would get our cancer death rate below Bulgaria. They highlighted specific examples where, they claimed, patients had died due to lack of "cancer drug" access.

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Once more I heard today some wannabe politician talk about "universal health checks for the over 40s" like it was some kind of new idea and a panacea for our trans-fatty society (which reminds me, good on the BMJ for trying to encourage a trans-fat ban).

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On the leaders' election debate last night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk5HvJmy_yg Gordon Brown actually scored highly on health issues, according to a live reaction poll carried out by the Sun newspaper of its readers. http://www.thesun.co.uk/.../US-pollster-uses-Instant-Response-method-to-rate-politicians-debate.html

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This thread will bring you updates of health-related UK election news. Please feel free to also add your own.

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Should the BMJ cover the far-right party's health manifesto in its UK election coverage?

I raised this at today's daily planning meeting, when we discussed not only the three main parties, but also what Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party are saying on health

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From The King's Fund: How well do you know the health policies of the three main UK political parties?

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At the Wellcome Collection last night, a panel including physicist Prof Brian Cox (of the fabulous Wonders of the Solar System) debated science and the general election.

I prefer to decide which candidate to support on individual, rather than party lines. I’m planning to email my local parliamentary candidates to find out their attitudes to issues that matter to me, including science. So I asked the panel for some ‘killer questions’ to put to candidates, to find out whether they were scientifically literate.

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