If you prefer historians to political scientists as seers, May 1 looks likelier. It certainly looks as though the Institute of Historical Research seminar on 20th-century British history may be trying to hint about the likely timing and outcome of the poll by scheduling Anthony Seldon's assessment of "John Major's Place in History" only six days later.
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