On paper, the Conservatives don't have a hope in Scotland. Wiped off the political map north of the Border in 1997 and now squeezed into third place in the polls behind the Scottish National Party and Labour, there has been little good news of late for Scottish Conservatives.
Their best hope rests with the former foreign secretary, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, fighting in his old constituency of Edinburgh Pentlands, which he held for 23 years but lost to Labour last time around.
Scottish Conservatives have also taken heart from the positive reaction among voters to their "Keep the Pound" rallies. But reports yesterday of a likely split between centre-left Tories and Central Office over the leadership's tough line on the euro and asylum-seekers do not augur well for the party's chances.
Before the election, observers predicted Labour would suffer in Scotland because it would be denied the chance to campaign on devolved issues, such as health, education and the police.
Interestingly, Labour's national record on health has been an election issue in Scotland and, despite a recent poll rating of 50 per cent, the party could lose votes, particularly to an increasingly popular Scottish National Party, because promised reform of public services failed to materialise.
The SNP poses the biggest threat to Labour in Scotland and although the party has recently played down its call for independence, it is second in the polls with a rating of around 25 per cent.
It is also extending its support base into the traditional Labour region of the Highlands where it poses a real threat to the Liberal Democrat leader, Mr Charles Kennedy.
Fighting to assert itself as the fifth party in Scotland, the Scottish Socialists has put up a candidate in all 72 Scottish seats and political analysts have warned the main parties not to overlook the far left, predicting the SSP could provide a refuge for disillusioned Labour voters.
The election in Wales has followed the traditional pattern of campaigning in England. The Lib/Lab coalition in the Welsh Assembly has made for little political fireworks between the two parties.
So the contest for the 40 Westminster seats has seen Labour, which holds 34, turn its fire against the Welsh nationalists, Plaid Cymru. Although Labour is in a strong position, Plaid Cymru could repeat its success in the Assembly elections when it took four key seats from Labour.
In the final hours of the campaign yesterday, the Welsh Secretary, Mr Paul Murphy, condemned Plaid as Mr Hague's "little helpers", warning Labour voters that a vote for the nationalists risked letting the Conservatives back into government.
Mark Roberts made an eye-opening entrance at a Liberal Democrat rally in London last night. Roberts, wearing nothing but a toy hat, leaped on to the stage where Mr Charles Kennedy was speaking.
But before he could deliver his manifesto he was bundled off and arrested. Mr Kennedy maintained his composure and quipped: "Come on, we're a liberal party, we can put up with that."