If our newspapers were more indpendent and less in the pockets of the ruling interests, then this would be on the front pages today.

Early results indicate a hung parliament is in the offing and it’s going to be an interesting few days. This is probably the best result for you and me, regardless of your political opinion. This is because your political opinion may start to actually count for something, regardless of whether you’re a Conservative voter in a safe Labour seat, a Labour voter in a safe Conservative constituency or a Liberal Democrat voter in, well, anywhere! A hung parliament will throw open the haggling for a reform of the voting system, something the two biggest parties have fiercely resisted.

And it’s not hard to see why: looking at the figures from results as of this morning, it’s a pretty shocking state of affairs:

What’s wrong with this picture? How can it possibly be justifiable for 23% of the electorate to have their voices translated into just shy of 9% of the seats in Parliament? This isn’t about partisan politics. Regardless of your voting proclivities, people will only come back to voting and engagement with politics if they think their vote will actually make a difference.

Parliament may well be hung: there is hope for real change.