After six weeks of campaigning the parties are now heading into the last few days of vote-seeking - but is there anything more they can do?

What we are seeing is very much a core-vote strategy from just about everyone - hoping that there will be no more nasty shocks like that delivered to voters in Central Suffolk and North Ipswich last Tuesday.

There is no doubt that with polling stations opening in just 72 hours the campaigns are focusing on the seats they see as must-win assets.

And on the face of it that looks like good news for Labour.

But while many in that party remain confident that Sir Keir Starmer will be driving into 10 Downing Street on Friday morning, many haven't forgotten their nightmare of 1992 when they seemed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

What we are seeing is Labour Party members from Suffolk stepping up their efforts in Ipswich and especially Lowestoft.

They are the seats the party has always seen as vital in Suffolk. They'd like to win more, of course, but those are the two they need to take if Labour is to win nationally.

By piling in there, they have left the door open for some of their opponents elsewhere in the county.

I've heard of Labour supporters from Waveney Valley, the cross-county seat that is a top target for The Greens, switching their attentions to Lowestoft to try to ensure victory there.

That has left the impression among many that Waveney Valley is now a straight contest between Conservative Richard Rout and Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay - and that really has made it a seat to watch!

I know one MRP reckoned that Reform UK could be the Greens' main opponent here.

Knowing the area well because of family connections in the area, I have to say I find the idea that Waveney Valley is a battleground between the two polar opposites on the political spectrum in this election seems quite preposterous!

The importance of Ipswich as a marginal seat was indicated last week when Jack Abbott's campaign was boosted by a visit by London mayor Sadiq Khan.

I know Mr Khan is a politician that some love to hate for whatever reason, but the fact is he's a real election winner - the first person to be elected three times as London mayor. 

It's not difficult to see why Labour members in Ipswich were pleased to see his support.

The Tories have also brought in big-name support for their candidate Tom Hunt. Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman visited him on Tuesday. 

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Unfortunately the media wasn't able to cover that visit fully because details were not released until she had left - which rather begs the question why bring in a big name visitor if only a handful of voters are going to know about it?

We keep hearing that the last few days are crucial in an election campaign. I do have to question that this time around.

Put aside the fact that 20-30% of people will already have voted by post, will there really be a massive change now when there hasn't been so far?

Research into previous elections suggests that very few voters change their minds during the campaign - and the polls have consistently recorded a 20% gap between the Tories and Labour throughout the campaign.

Other parties have advanced - the LibDems and Greens have both made modest poll advances while Reform UK has made a more spectacular entry after Nigel Farage's decision to stand in Clacton.

However what will happen to them on Thursday is less clear as claims that Mr Farage is a Putin apologist and revelations about some of his opponents have distasteful views seems to have cut through with many floating voters.

All the polls show a similar story. If, when the ballot boxes are counted during the early hours of Friday morning, they are all proved to be wrong and the political writers - myself included - are also wide of the mark then the whole political world will be looking very stupid.

We shall know the answer on Friday morning.