STRICTLY OUT OF ORDER
Nick Clegg couldn't resist poking fun at his political enemy Nigel Farage on the Andrew Marr Show after the Ukip leader revealed he wanted the BBC to be overhauled to show fewer entertainment programmes.
"You want to take away Strictly Come Dancing and that's terrible," declared the DPM. "That's much more important than an EU referendum." True.
Politics meets art meets Dr Who.
Artist Duncan MacArthur, who lives in Norwich but whose family hails from Islay, has created a spooky three-dimensional sculpture of the head of David Cameron.
The aim of the piece, says Duncan, is to "highlight the chameleon-like nature of David Cameron's public face" and his "ever-changing opinions and policies".
The head, made in translucent resin, is twice life size, hollow and lit internally by a lamp that changes colour. It is accompanied by an audio of the PM's speeches.
Duncan is looking for a venue in Glasgow or London to exhibit the piece.
Here come the luvvies.
Comedian-turned-actor Steve Coogan aka Alan Partridge features in Labour's last election broadcast today along with the voice of Scots actor David Tennant. Sadly, it is only being broadcast in England. But fear not celebrity-watchers, Jim Murphy will today be on the stump with another comedian-turned-actor Eddie Izzard.
It was him not me.
It just shows that however much you put yourself about in an election campaign, you can never be sure of hitting home with the punters. Nick Clegg on the stump at a garden centre in Sussex was stopped by one, who said: "Well done for speaking to Russell Brand." As the DPM looked on bemused, another shopped chipped in: "That was the other one." Indeed, it was.
Cripes, by jingo.
The prize for the most contrived quote of the day goes to Boris Johnson and his take on the prospect of a Lab-SNP alliance. "Ajockalypse Now!"
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