Well, since the UK Election we have had ten days or so of difficult access to news and internet: snatching headlines and out-of-date comment. We have come to realise that the "Progressive Coalition" we wanted (with a better agenda than Labour actually offered at the election!) just wouldn't work, either arithmetically or in the face of the malice of people like Blunkett; so we are watching with deep unease and scepticism. This will be the final excursion into political commentary (for a while):- back to the trivia and self-indulgence!