After the poll tax, being in hoc to the Ulster Unionists in the commons, recession and sleaze, it was a slam-dunk that Labour would win the 97 election.

But to be fair, they were widely acknowledged to be in to win the election in ’92 as well!

I agree that I am obviously commenting with 20-20 hindsight, and that it would probably not have appeared to be a cert at the time.

Still, the sight of ‘open-collar, guitar-toting’ Tony and his champagne socialist loud-mouthed Mrs lording it around downing street still makes me want to vomit and laugh in equal measure.

Style over substance is what the public seem to want, and what the public want, they usually end up getting. In political terms anyway.