As diligent students of British politics understand, most votes under our first past the post system make no real difference to the result of a general election. The ones that count are those cast by swing voters in marginal constituencies. The Conservatives have been confident in their assertions that, despite a narrowing gap in nationwide opinion surveys, their lead among these defining voters in the marginals is big enough to make the crucial difference. A carefully targeted poll in this morning's Times suggests their confidence may be misplaced.
This morning's conference featured much discussion about the Guardian's front page story about an injunction banning it from... well from something it couldn't really tell us about because of the stringent nature of the ban.
It took Tim a matter of minutes this morning to track down what was behind the ban - a parliamentary question by MP Paul Farrelly concerning Barclays, Freshfield Solicitors and Trafigura. By this afternoon, thanks to the amplifying power of Twitter and other social networking sites, ensured that the injunction was virtually worthless.
The digital revolution is about to lead to a legal one.
But it's not quite over yet... Here's Alan Rusbridger's latest tweet:
"Now support BBC Newsnight which is being sued by #Trafigura and #carterRuck over toxic waste expose http://tinyurl.com/pqf4dt"