I hear that it's odds-on that Gordon Brown will call a General election tomorrow or next Monday. He'll be taking advantage of a Conservative party that has had the decency recently to reveal itself for the joke it is. But it's still a cynical move. And Lord Ancram will still romp in here. Don't get me wrong, he's a very good MP but even he doesn't claim to be one of us. He's old school, paternalistic Tory.

If you really want to see what the Conservatives are about round here, go and speak to some of the District, Council, Town and Parish councillors. Not those who they push forward, but the ones who sit and vote and do naff all else. To call some of them sheep would be an insult to our ovine friends. Perhaps it's tha nature of things when any party has such a majority.

Sour grapes on my part? Perhaps. But I still stand by what I say. And, it goes without saying that some of my Tory pals are very clever. I certainly wouldn't want to have my IQ measured against Michael Ancram's.