Or even a third: the SNP’s price for parliamentary support is yet another vote on Scottish independence. Above all, the UK needs a political realignment, a swing back from the extremes to the centre. A Labour leaflet produced to support its candidate in the London constituency of Tooting, with a dark blue masthead carrying the title "Daily Press", has attracted criticism on social media. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter if you believe this election should be all about the facts.

The Conservatives have also produced a series of leaflets with different names in the style of red-top tabloid newspapers. It is also important to remember that the implementation of the 2016 referendum result depends entirely on it. © copyright 2020 Press Gazette Ltd. Made in Taiwan. It is as simple as that. After a tawdry campaign of lies and racism, the choice is clear – anyone but Johnson. None of this chaos is necessary. The Conversation UK receives funding from these organisations. While Labour was devising ever more elaborate ways to pick your pocket and flatten the economy, the SNP would be plotting to break up the Union. The Newsquest group, which publishes a number of local titles, has written to main party leaders calling on them to end the "extremely worrying" practice. National press circulation in the 2017 general election was nearly half of the levels in the 1992 campaign when the Sun newspaper sold more than 3.5 million copies and famously declared: “It’s the Sun wot won it!” The latest circulation figures show the sector has lost a further 2 million readers since the 2017 campaign. So on Thursday, vote for change. The results show that Labour have already accumulated a substantial proportion of negative stories in the national press, with only the Conservative party showing a positive balance in the press ledger. The choice is stark and urgent: those who are comfortable with the possibility of autocracy and government by decree will vote for Mr Johnson.

The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s constitutional changes: he cannot be trusted. In terms of overall press exposure, leading Labour figures either matched or exceeded coverage given to senior government figures. In an open letter, the group's titles said: "Not only are you taking advantage of our highly trusted credentials, you are also actively undermining our business models".

But it’s the only one on offer. On Thursday voters have the chance to strip power from a dangerous charlatan. Boris Johnson’s premiership has steered the Conservatives firmly into the Leave camp, aligning with the strong and established Eurosceptic orientations of many national titles. BBC News has been contacted by a reader in Tunbridge Wells with an example of a similar Lib Dem leaflet, entitled "Tunbridge Wells Gazette". …the Lib Dems are closest to the liberalism on which this newspaper was founded. Banish the Blues by voting Red this Thursday.