No Rock And Roll Fun

THE MUSIC THAT MAKES THE MAN: As part of a bid to try and make the Tories seem a tad more human, they made a little film where various Conservative faces were asked questions. Yes, clearly the party isn't just bereft of ideas in its policy making, it's even reduced to stealing Channel 4's placer commercials for its own publcity. Amongst the ridiculous claims are that Liam Fox claims to listen to the Scissor Sisters, policy co-ordinator David Cameron says he finds the "depressing" music of the Smiths uplifting - yes, so do we, particuarly Margaret On The Guillotine - and, most deliciously of all, Nicholas Soames reveals himself to be a fan of Dido. Oddly, this week, Nicky Wire also came out as a Dido fan - odd, from a man who once endorsed the view that Slowdive were worse than Hitler. It's slightly alarming to think that Soames and Wire are starting to develop common ground. Although "starting" is wrong, of course: the Manics have been drifting towards the middle ground for much of the last decade.