So, Michael Howard has denounced the council tax, which of course he helped introduce...

While a Tory candidate is being investigated for the wording of some of his campaign literature.


In a pre-taped interview, meanwhile, the prime minister has again defended his decision to go to war in Iraq.

"If you want me to apologise for the war in Iraq, I'm afraid I cannot say that I'm sorry we removed Saddam Hussein," he said, predictably.



To put everything else in some kind of perspective today though, this sounds like a simply harrowing experience for George Galloway. It's not clear if the rentamob knew - or even cared - who it was they were terrorising.

But somehow, a line like 'Voting for any political party will guarantee a seat in hellfire forever' and associated physical threats put the abuse candidates might suffer on the doorstep into perspective.



On a lighter note (or, er, a lightsabre note), when the election's all done and dusted there's always this to look forward to...