Parliament of Fowls

...I'm not as alone as I thought.

Thought it was magick at work - now that's what I call good campaigning. The only thing changing my mind was a clear night's sleep. That "Star" card I pulled back in April for Labour's result was really bugging me but I now know better . Although I'm not going to call this at all - I don't want to do so until I have to, I need some "me" time with my "deep throat" guide Ezekiel - henceforth Deep Zeke - I can't channel him in the way I can Clarence or Owlperson, who I reached for the first time in over a year this morning with a hypnotherapist - I'm just really pleased I had the courage of my convictions on this one.

Going to take a break from the blog until all the results are in - see how far I get without logging on, LOL (I've even shut down the Google Desktop news ticker, although I think if Armageddon hit tomorrow - or Monday - they'd still be printing headlines like "Fiery mountain hits earth - oil hits $50 a barrel", just like the FT would lead "End of the world: ECB slashes interest rates"...). See if I can feel what's happened and then log on Monday morning and share my thoughts.

See you then - or earlier if I really can't keep away.

I voted Labour in the European elections. I'm sorry, I couldn't help it.

After weeks of anger at the expenses scandal, I went to bed with my mind fully made up that I was going to vote Green. I woke up knowing what to do. I went and did it at about 7.15am (I always vote early, for some reason I can't sleep beyond 6am on polling days, even the Much-Piddling-In-The-Swamp town by-election) and I haven't felt better in a long time. I'm not even going to apologise for it. One's vote is an expression of one's conscience, not something to be used in anger or greed.

You see, without Hazel Blears and Jacqui Smith, the Cabinet looks a lot cleaner than it did in recent weeks. Hopefully, Alistair "Captain" Darling will take the hint, but bizarrely the sleaze quotient of the Cabinet has gone down remarkably since those two resignations and Labour will be better without them.

Meanwhile the Tories still have to put their house in order, and conveniently forget the old mantra - what goes around, comes around.

Funny old world, as someone said.