In case you were wondering how you might cast your vote...

It is not enough, not nearly enough, but, as Tim Rutherford-Johnson on his excellent blog The Rambler points out, at least one party leader is talking about the arts. Click here and for the full piece from Nick Clegg, here. After New Labour's despicable philistinism - remember the early attack upon the Royal Opera? - things could hardly get worse. Or could they? There is, also, of course the small matter of the invasion of Iraq...