The debonair Basil Marigold's

Had a great meal last sunday with friends in Sheffield. We jointly hit upon a new niche market, the alternative Mr Men and little miss series to bring it up to date for modern britain. Little Miss teenage pregnancy Little Miss ASBO Mr Chav Mr human trafficker Little Miss drugs mule Mr Eco warrior Little Miss bag for life et al to name but a few, i feel we could create a new series of books if it was not the fear of being sued out of existence!

I adore you tube for the music. It's perhaps the finest creation since the potato waffle. I love going and finding songs from my youth and here's an absolute Gem, I haven't heard for ages!

With the final big primaries out of the way, Obama leads Clinton , 1840 to 1684 out of the victory line of 2025. With the Superdelegates, in the main, saying they will vote according to the way the state voted in the Primary elections. It looks like Obama will get the Democratic nod at the Convention. The two primaries of yesterday were good for Obama, but weakens Clinton. Obama, took a commanding lead from North Carolina, with 56% of the vote. Clinton narrowly won in Indiana with 51 to 49% of the vote. Clinton needed a far larger victory margin than 2% to dent Obama's chances. Clintons campaign seems to be running out of steam, and if the superdelegates vote according to state choice then her Presdential bid is over, possible for ever. The only other possible scenerio, I will label the nuclear option is if the superdelegates decide to vote for their own preference. Clinton could still win the nomination, though this would put the Superdelegates into total war with the rank and fil

When I was younger I loved this track, by Kate Bush. I have come across the Placebo cover and I think it's as good a cover as I have heard. It's just fantastic.

Boris, obviously Londoners really want to hurt themselves! The most powerful elected Tory in the country, Politics is bizarre and sometimes, notoriously, unfunny. this is one of the moments. And a poor performance from our candidate Brian Paddick. Lots of work needed in London, for our MP's Brent area, in particular.

...wel that's one word for it, if you are the eternal optimist and/or Gordon Brown!