Times they are a changin'

In 1997 there was a whole generation of voters who had only known Conservative government; yesterday I realised that in fact it is now 13 years since the last change in government, for many first and indeed even second time voters, the only government they know is New Labour. In 2008 Barack Obama proved that using "Change" as a theme is a powerful weapon, whether Cameron and the Tories are able to convince enough voters that they can bring about change, and identify exactly what "change" will I suppose be central to the election campaign over the next weeks.

Yesterday I found another change in electioneering. Rather than waiting for someone to drop an election leaflet through my door, I downloaded it from the internet.

Yesterday the Dons travelled to York, it was clearly a game to miss as we were 0-4 midway through the 1st half. A five nil defeat will be hard for many to take, after years of continued success. Talking of which last night Bayern Munich knocked Manchester United out of the Champions League. The first time in years that no English team has made the semi final of the tournament.

After the game Alec Fergusson complained that one of his players had been sent off, describing the Bayern players as "typical Germans" . Leaving aside that the Bayern side were as multi national as United, and the vital goal was scored by a Dutchman, perhaps we should all be grateful that the game didn't go to a penalty shoot-out !