So I'm back, after nearly three weeks. What's happened since I've been away? Mugabe has tried to steal an election; Gordon Brown is unpopular; Nick Clegg has made himself even more of a laughing stock; the son of a Nazi has shown he inherited certain sympathies; and Harriet Harman has looked like an idiot.
The details might differ, but there's nothing there we haven't known before.
And I thought Cloudy Lane was a good thing for the National, what with my fancy 25/1 prices and all that. Ouch.