Did London deny Cameron his majority?
And so.
Voters have announced they want a separation from Labour but, they say no other party is involved.
It's not quite like that picture of a disintegrating marriage.
In fact, the Conservative suitor has made genuine headway, taking back seats like Hendon and Enfield North which were lost in 1997.
But it's only a return to a position pre-Blair in outer London and not a sign that the Tories have found the formula to govern post-Blair for the whole capital.
Despite (or is it because of?) a Conservative mayor.
Given all the money and time invested in seats like Hammersmith, Westminster North, Eltham and Tooting, failing to win them was a serious set-back. If not now, when?
These were the seats which effectively signalled that David Cameron would have no majority.
In the urban setting of inner London, their opponents argue, the Conservatives do not yet convince that they can be trusted. The post-mortems should make interesting viewing.
And so - in a sense - London has effectively helped rescue Gordon Brown, albeit temporarily. And it has denied David Cameron, perhaps indefinitely.
Now the numbers are in, will the vast majority of members of the commentariat from print and broadcast admit how badly they have called this wrong since Christmas and recognise how far the voters have ignored them?
Er, doubt it.
How will they be able too to blame the TV debates for 'throwing open' the race and preventing the Conservatives when the Liberal Democrats' day did NOT in the end dawn?
No matter that nearly every newspaper was against him.
No matter too that broadcasters had long been speaking of him in the past tense.
No matter that bombardments came day-after-day, the impression created of a society rapidly descending into decay.
No matter that David Cameron"s campaign was smooth, and the media uncritical.
Gordon Brown and Labour hung on in there.
The voters, quite simply, didn't believe it in sufficient numbers and certainly not in the way most others had deemed the narrative was meant to be written.
Of course, now they have been denied the clear result they wanted, we should anticipate a relentless assault by the same media voices on the prospect of a hung parliament and the forces of hell about to be released by coalition government.
And the voters will, no doubt, take these warnings with a pinch of salt too and, instead give it a chance and consider the evidence.
Anyway, it's the end of the campaign and farewell. We may, of course, be back sooner rather than later.
I'm BBC London's political editor and presenter of the London section of the Politics Show. Here I'll be identifying the key talking points during the election campaign and trying to offer a reality check to the many promises that you'll hear up to polling day. Your thoughts welcome.
