The one thing no one can say about politics in this country over the last decade is that it has been dull!

And now the rollercoaster continues as it becomes clear that the Prime Minister is clearing the decks to pave the way for an early election.

There have been two clear indications of that in East Anglia over the last week or so.

The government should have announced its decision on the controversial Sunnica Solar Farm in North West Suffolk last week.

On the day of the announcement it said there was fresh work that needed to be studied - so the decision would be announced some time next year.

This plan for a major solar farm covering a huge area has been very controversial - and has attracted a huge amount of opposition in a safe Conservative seat that will be fought by a new candidate at the next election.

However from what I've been told by energy and planning experts, the grounds for refusal look pretty flimsy from a legal point of view - and the likelihood is that it will be approved by London-based officials.

By putting off the decision now - and probably kicking it well past April next year - means the final decision won't be announced until after the next election because nothing like this would be announced during the campaign! 

That means that it will be the new government that announces the decision - and the new MP for West Suffolk will be able to jump up and down and say: "This isn't our fault!"

There's a similar scenario  coming into sight with the suggestions that the government may commission a new report looking at the possibility of switching power cables in Essex from pylons to a series of offshore cables.

Certainly those I've spoken to at the National Grid and at other electricity distributors are extremely sceptical about any alternative given the needs of the area.

But commission a report that won't be completed until after the general election and it will give Bernard Jenkin, Priti Patel, and James Cleverly the chance to say to their voters: "It wasn't us,guv!" when the experts come to the expected conclusion that pylons are the only realistic way of moving the power about.

Because increasingly it is becoming clear that the government is leaning towards a May election as a damage-limitation exercise, especially after the various factions in the Tory Party created so much damage to the government in the Rwanda Debate.

The government may have won Tuesday's vote - but the shenanigans Mr Sunak had to go through showed the clear divisions in his party and revealed that many MPs are more interested in the leadership after a Tory defeat than they are in preserving the current government.

First we had the Charge of the Right Brigade up Downing Street on Tuesday morning when Mr Sunak thought he had bought them off with bacon sandwiches (not smoked salmon they were keen to tell us!) and promises of tightening up the legislation later.

Then the more moderate One Nation Tories got twitchy about what he had offered the Right and Mr Sunak was seen smoothing the way with them over mince pies in the House of Commons tea rooms!

It's become increasingly clear that the government is running out of steam faster than the Flying Scotsman with a leaky valve and frankly needs to face the people.

Increasing numbers of Tories are now saying that this has to come in the spring - looking ahead to the summer there are likely to be all kinds of new pressures which could lose it even more support.

They say it would be better to have a Labour majority of 50-80 seats in Parliament than a majority of 150-180. 

And apart from anything else it would give Tories a chance to rebuild themselves in opposition and fight a successful campaign in 2008 or 2009. 

But then as one said to me: "Knowing some of our members we could end up electing a headbanger as leader and be out in the cold for years until we decide that naval-gazing in opposition isn't as important as running things in government!"