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Hey Nick,

Who are all these voters who are so fickle as to change their opinion each week? Are we to really believe from the pollsters that about 20% of voters blow with the wind?

If that is the case it would be one of the most stunning political turnarounds by any Political Party.

Gordon Brown is going to find it very hard in the future as he is 'the face of Labour' when he offers 'grin and spin politics' which surpass even Tony Blair at his very worst!!!!

I think the Country has had more than enough of this 'New Labour' Government.

Now you can go on holiday, Nick. Nuffin is going to happen. No election.

By the time Gordon calls one in 2010, Cameron will be no more and I am afraid Ming will be a trifle old.

Re the 'Election Gas Balloon' which has been floating around the media... 4pm today, Saturday, the report was something like it is 'expected that'... Nick Robinson 'believes that' the Prime Minister will not hold a snap election. That is not news it is prediction - wait for the facts. Too much guessing - overlaid with alliteration and drama from NR- news should be fact not fiction!

So there we have it, it would seem. As voters we've been treated with absolute contempt in order to try and score points off the Tories. So where is this New World we had been expecting? This fiasco need never have happened. There was absoultely no need to call an election early, and the whipping up - by Government advisers - of expectations was totally meaningless. Tony Blair actually looks good in comparison. David Cameron is doubtless breathing a sigh of relief, and it is incumbent on him to get the Shadow Cabinet's act together and present a viable alternative.

Gordo's just going to look weak, weak, weak after this....

If he calls an election - he'll be thrashed. (Good riddance) If he doesn't call an election he'll be seen as a lame-duck coward. Oh what a pretty mess he's got himself into with his 'politcal cleverness'

Based on rumour, no one really needs to confirm anything. A good decision not to have an election though it was only the media and opposition parties calling for one.

So he's bottled it, what a suprise. So much for a conviction politician, there was more dithering than Steve McClaren when trying to pick an England team!!

I think Mr Brown has just started the beginning of the end for himslef and the Labour party. The country has been waiting for an alternative to Labour for too long; if one had existed in 2005 Labour would not be enjoying a third term. Now the country is at last seemingly presented with an alternative and he bottles it.

Why not let the country decide Mr Brown? You're poll ratings are only going to slip further by not calling an election.

I have this vivid image in my mind of that scene at the end of The Battle of Britain where the massed German troops lining the Channel throw their life jackets into a big pile and start the big march home ......

Democracy has been served by this decision.

There is no constitutional requirement to go to the country and it is taxpayers' money which is wasted on frivolous campaigns.

Yes, much money is raised privately, but all the election machinery is paid for out of my taxes, your taxes, and Joe Public's taxes.

Stop these politicians playing with our money like it's theirs and get them to mortgage their own houses to pay for elections which are neither required nor appropriate.

Oh: and for all the papers feeding on election frenzy: make them pay 50% of their annual profits too.

That should shut 'em up for once in their lives....

I challenge you, Nick Robinson, to publish this comment that dares to critisize your incessently boring reports on the 'political immorality' of the PM's "non-announcement on whether to call a General Election or not call a General Election"! It is a non-story. It has no relevance to the lives of the UK public. It is only of use to Opposition parties and reporters who are determined to oust this Government, like yourself.