April 26: Election

Bristol held the 'Sky TV' debate a few days ago. It was pretty exciting. I tried, belatedly, to get a press pass. Sky told me I could join the local media and talk to members of the audience afterwards but I thought, 'that would only be worth it if Clegg did a really loud fart while the cameras weren't on him,' and I didn't fancy my chances.
The Sky footage made Bristol look fantastic, though. Sunshine. A river. A canal. Galleries and ice-cream-licking yummy mummies. I cycled past the gallery where it was being held about an hour or so before it started. Lots of police. And men walking the streets who I think were meant to be covert under-cover detectives but looked very obvious in their large overcoats and ear-pieces. Put Bristol on the map though. Sky could have chosen any city but they picked this one. Made us feel important.
Got my Labour election campaign leaflet through the door today. Bristol South. Dawn Primarolo. Two things, I think. One, Primarolo is a very cool name, especially when you spell it out. Should be used in phonics lessons. Two, she has a very shiny face. Perhaps it's the glare from the camera but there's no mistaking it. Dawn shiny-face Primarolo. I'll vote for you. I don't know who designs these posters for politicians but you'd have thought they'd put more of an effort in. Saw the leaflet for the Labour chap in west Bristol the other day. It was a) out of focus and b) contained a picture of him in a hard hat, standing next to a builder. That was the main photo. I mean, come on. Let's try a bit harder here, shall we. What is politics besides sales after all? Do hard hats do it for people? Do shiny faces? What does Gordon say? Don't judge me on my personality? Perhaps he should add - or my leaflets either.