Apparently there was snow on the ground in Newcastle.

It may have been crispier here in E'burgh.

I've been out canvassing quite a lot in London lately. Labour's vote has absolutely evaporated.... it is quite extraordinary to go to places where Labour were on 50-60% of the vote at the last locals and find nobody, or virtually nobody, supporting them.

The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...

I must have taken the Flying Scotsman several times as a child. My last 'steamer' was in Czecholovakia in 1967.