A recent conversation with one of my many non-registered-to-vote associates:

Her: I would vote Lib Dem. If I was registered.
Me: You approve of Charles Kennedy, then?
Her: Who?
Me: He’s the leader.
Her: Oh, I thought it was Paddy Ashdown.
Me: I am entirely appalled at you.
Her: Well. But, then, you don’t know who the lead singer of the Zutons is.
Me: That’s true. But The Zutons are not affecting the way this country is run.
Her: But my life is arranged around gigs and music. The Zutons affect the way MY life is run. So what’s the difference?

I no longer wonder how Germany let the Nazis get in.