So a General Election has been called. This week the campaigns have been dominated by the increase in National Insurance. It's generated a circular argument whereby each party is triggering repetitive responses from the others whenever they mention the subject. Clearly the power of the Marketing Folk at work here. I doubt any candidate is allowed to have an individual idea now. In other news: the first leaflet has arrived. It's from the Lib Dems and features paragraphs which consist entirely of one sentence each.