IS THERE anything more anti-climactic than an election?

We spend weeks and months building up to the big day, with endless hours of TV coverage hosted by whichever one of the Dimblebys is available screeching THE NATION DECIDES while we’re subjected to poorly mocked-up pictures of party leaders in various ‘hilarious’ situations on front pages ad nauseam.

And then at the end of it we’re left with almost exactly the same government we had in the first place.

Yes, the Conservatives have a majority this time, but I defy anyone to deny the previous government was anything other than a coalition in name only.

So ultimately the next five years are going to look pretty similar to the last half-decade.

Whether that’s a good or a bad thing is a matter of opinion, but the point is all the claims, promises and accusations levelled during the campaign are now worth exactly nothing. Mr Cameron and his mates will continue running the country – or attempting to – their way regardless of what the public actually wants.

But we’re not alone here. No matter where you are in the world, every election is the same – months of bluster leading to exactly nothing.

Remember all the anticipation around Barack Obama’s election in 2009?

Remember how he was going to singlehandedly solve all of America’s problems, cure cancer and bring Elvis back from the dead? And where are they now?

Politicians have a knack for promising everything The problem being this is the real world. No matter who ended up in Number 10 following last week’s little contest, they were never going to be able to immediately eliminate the deficit while ploughing billions into the NHS and solving the homelessness crisis, because that’s not how the world works.

For the mythical man on the street nothing will change.

But then it could be worse – we could be in North Korea.

At least we didn’t have grim-looking soldiers pointing guns at us when we go to the voting booth.

Just don’t mention that to our newly re-appointed Beloved Leader. It might give him ideas.