Completely agree about who should bear the cost, Doug. But who becomes PM affects everyone who lives in the UK, and we are all perfectly entitled to have an opinion as to which candidate would make the better choice, no matter whether we have a vote in the election or not.

One of the problems with our political and electoral system is that it has been moved more and more towards a ‘Presidential-style’ system where, at General Elections, people are increasingly voting based on their preferred party leader as much as, if not more than, the party itself. This, along with our archaic FPTP system, I believe is rapidly sending our political system down the toilet.