I thought Miliband was very electable actually. Otherwise I wouldn't have voted for him. In fact, as I sat watching Magma at the Royal Northern College of Music on the evening May 7th I was quietly confident of a Labour victory. Earlier that day I'd had a brief but inspiring chat outside the Fleetwood Labour Party hq with a very optimistic Cat Smith. We parted with laughter and it felt like change was in the air as my wife & I drove off to MCR to immerse ourselves in an evening of soothing Zeuhl.

Then came the despair of the Exit Polls, but my heart was lifted as I smiled through my tears watching as Sunderland returned an overwhelming Labour majority. Happily, Cat got in too. She supports Jeremy Corbyn. As do I.