Let us not lose sight, despite the circus across the pond, that the heat is starting to rise over here. A whip leaves that office, calling for a contest for leadership of the New Labour Party, Brown is way down on overall approval rating, yet about 70 percent of those polled call Cameron a lightweight.

There could be blood on the tracks over here too, and just as elsewhere there is every sign that the electorate will vote for the spin, the froth, the personality, rather than the politics and the policies.