The long road to nowhere.

I bought a Chelsea tea set this morning but I had to send it back. It didn't have any cups.

Haha.

I got home in time for the shoot out, and it was pure joy to watch that thug John Terry miss. I just hope it doesn't pray on his mind for long. Not.

All we need now is to wait for Abramovich to give up his toy and watch Chelsea implode.

(To my Chelsea supporting friends - you have to forgive a Spurs fan deriving what pleasure he can from yesterday!) 

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Labour's death march

Comment Central has a fascinating graph, which plots the current Government's poll ratings since the election in 2005 and matches it with the Major Government's ratings from the election in 1992.
Here's the key - and, when you look at it, obvious - conclusion:

Labour is on the same path as the Tories in the run up to their spectacular defeat in 1997.

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Odds

On the basis that bookies' odds and weight of money combined tend to get these things right, you might like to know that this morning Betfair's odds against a Labour victory tomorrow are 17 to 1. And I touted for odds of 200/1 and have just been offered £5.

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Come on Man U!

Months ago, I agreed to take part in a Question Panel tonight. I gave no particular thought to what else might be scheduled for the same night.

I wish I could pretend all snootily that I have no interest in the result of the Champions' League Final, and couldn't care less that I'll be missing it. Man U v Chelsea - ugh!

Truth is, I'd love to have been able to see it. Everyone I know (except Mrs P!) appears to be excited about it and doing something fun to watch it.

The same thing happened in 1999 when I had said I'd go to a dinner in Whitehall without realising what else would be happening that night. I recorded the game and thought I'd find a way of getting home without hearing the result. What an idiot. No sooner had I stepped out of the building than I saw delirious Man U fans in the fountain at Trafalgar Square.

So I won't try to escape the news tonight. I'll just hope that Man U win. (And - aren't football fans horrid?! - just to rub it in, wouldn't it be lovely if Chelsea lose on penalties, the most heart breaking way of losing as exists?)

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If only

Well,quite.

(Mind you, even with its limitations, the Tories' schools policy is, of itself, sufficient reason to vote Conservative at the next election.)

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