Come and join us.

Here's Ffion, our only granddaughter, entering into the election spirit - and in irresistible 'come and join us' pose. Pity she lives in Ireland. We see her only once a month when she comes to visit. She would be a great asset on the doorstep.

Actually, I'm not keen on dragging children into politics. This was just a bit of fun at home. But not yesterday, I was involved in a very nice photo-op at a primary school at Newtown, when one of my opponents began sticking labels on to the children, some of them no older than five or six. Afraid I took a dim view of this. I'm not expecting the local paper to use the photograph until after the election. Lets keep some standards of decency in our democratic process.