You Only Swing When You're Winning I think I'm getting dysnomic. I invented the word; it's like dyslexia, but with names. I think I have a problem remembering names. I never used to, or did I? Recently I've called Charles Kennedy 'Gordon' (on a previous blog; I changed it), Peter Snow 'John' (he of the swingometer), and Shirley Williams 'Porter'. It's a good job I didn't get to vote. Imagine how many people who have this affliction, getting the names wrong on their ballot paper? I heard the Tory David Davies is running against another David Davies. I know there's very little difference between the candidates these days but that is ridiculous. And I'm watching Election Night. The BBC exit poll at 10 pm gave Labour a win, with 66-seat majority. At the moment, the score is Lab:94, Cons:9, LibDem:7, Other:3. This is a marathon sprint. Paxman is on good form. (My own contribution to the election has been made, on the Channel 4 site, one of my silly cartoons.) but the one thing I am taking away from all of this is a new sense of geography - I'm learning lots of new place-names. In Scotland there are new, longer seat-names, the record one being called something like Inverness-Nairn-Bach-Och-Aye-Jimmy-See-You-Wor's-Me-Lager or something. Haltemprice and Howden? Battle of the Davies'. Erewash? It's where Kilroy-Silk is standing. Should be called Earbash.

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