Mugabe? Seriously?

Oh dear. In an attempt to make the Conservatives look very silly indeed, the Guardian has put a small headline on the front page entitled "Mugabe backs Tories". Using irresponsible amounts of sarcasm to herald this 'good news', it says that Mugabe thinks Zimbabwe has "a better chance with David Cameron than with Brown".

To which I say, "Mugabe and the Guardian: you have both just demonstrated supreme idiocy". And you can print that.

How on earth does Mugabe think that his decision will ultimately decide who managed to get into No. 10? And more to the point, why does the Guardian think his comments will make the blindest bit of difference? I'm not going to vote Labour or Lib Dem just because Mugabe prefers the Tories: he's entitled to his opinion, but he dictates enough people's lives as it is!

Honestly. That is the quintessentially British expression that comes to mind. The Tories aren't going to win or lose over Zimbabwe: the average Briton is too busy worrying about the economy. Which, ironically, is what Mugabe should be concentrating on instead.

In other news today...

• The Lib Dems are starting their Scottish conference in Perth, with Nick Clegg promising to clean up politics: his speech is happening tonight;
• Gordon Brown has said that the Iraq War was "right", and on my own personal assessment sounded a bit more convincing than Blair;
• And a YouGov/Channel 4 News poll of 60 marginals puts the Conservatives ahead on 39%, with Labour on 37%. The national poll has the Conservatives on 38%, Labour on 33%, and the Lib Dems on 16%. You can follow the polls week-by-week here.

That's all for now!

Chris