Can't blog / Election 06 - 2 comments

It's very frustrating - I've been working on two big posts for the past few days, neither of which seems to be any closer to completion. I don't know if readers of this blog expect posts to be of "a certain quality" (perhaps it's arrogant to even think that), but I do, and as one become aware of it, it really sucks the natural/free-and-easy/here's-my-two-cents/just-entertain-me-for-five-seconds side out of blogging. Perhaps being picked up by The Guardian's Comment Is Free on Thursday was partly to blame - bourgeois delusions of grandeur.

Anyway, until such time as my proper posts appear (born sideways), I'll try to gently ease back into the groove. This is interesting, and a tantalising prospect: Tories braced for shock snap election. Great quote too:

An apparatchik at Tory HQ confirmed the mood. She said, "Before the last election, the place was a mess and there was very little faith that we had campaigning skills in depth. Now Conservative HQ is like a machine and it's hard to believe we can lose".

On what evidence? Name one single instance in which the Conservatives, nationally, have achieved a victory. Not one single, paltry by-election gain.

The Tories may sense the wheels coming off the New Labour project but they are faced with a formidable Chancellor who has no intention of being a short term Prime Minister.

That's the spirit!