Anthony King obituary

Political scientist, author and professor of government at Essex University who became a popular television commentator on election nightsMost people will remember Anthony King, who has died aged 82, from election nights on television, when, following some breathless report of latest developments, he would swiftly, crisply and lucidly dig out their meaning. In 1992, he announced, on the basis of the first two results, that the polls that had been showing John Major on his way to defeat, and even