And we're off.

Get on your leafletting shoes, the election's been called.

For some of the Scouty people reading this I'd like to draw your attention to this:

Blair sets 5 May as election date: "Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy has visited Manchester, Newcastle, Leeds and Edinburgh on a whistle-stop tour of key seats to begin his campaign. "

For Leeds read Bramhope, the village in Leeds North West, home of the Scout Campsite of the same name.