How to make boring journeys more interesting...

I discovered a way to make a boring journey from Edinburgh to Glasgow much more interesting the other night, here's the secret:  switch the dashboard display to "Range" when your tank is almost empty and see how near you can get it to zero before you fill up.

I did this the other night and 'rolled' into the garage at Woodlands Road with 0 miles left.  Getting stopped at the last two sets of lights when I left the motorway at Charing Cross also added to the excitement.

I imagine it could be even more exciting if it's a particularly cold wet night, can't wait till next winter now!

My solution to determining who should govern the UK

In light of the outright failure of the top three political leaders I have an idea to determine who should govern the country. 

Gordon Brown has clearly failed to win the hearts or minds of the electorate as Labour leader or Prime Minister; this is clearly demonstrated by a massive loss of seats.

David Cameron, perhaps the biggest failure last night, has been unable to get a clear majority against probably the most unpopular Labour leader in modern history.

Nick Clegg's telegenic qualities clearly don't translate to votes; he's ended up, not in 2nd place as he was predicting but, with less seats than he started with.

The solution - all three leaders resign immediately, appoint new party leaders and hold another General Election as quickly as possible. 

To those who have said to me over the last few weeks that this election is not about the personalities I say rubbish; with three new leaders a second election result will be entirely different.  The UK people have demonstrated they don't trust any of these leaders.