It is only day two of the election campaign and already we have the debate descending into trivialities.

It is now being reported that Ed Miliband is giving his opinion that the next James Bond should be a woman and informing us all about his latest ‘likes’ in popular music.

Decrying the fact that politics is centering around the main combatants for the office of Prime Minister, Miliband states that that is wrong as it should be about the British people and continuing that, as a politician, if you are in the public eye you have to take the brickbats.

Well Ed, if it is about the British people how come they are not asked but informed what you, Cameron, Clegg et all will impose on us? If you have to accept the brickbats, then how about answering some of them? In regard to the latter point, I am still waiting for a response to my email to him – and which, in respect of his non-response, my local MP (Grahame Morris) promised to raise same with him. Understandably, I appreciate Miliband has the prize of virtual dictator beckoning, so why the hell should he trouble himself with one quarrelsome, pesky, member of the electorate?

Not to be outdone, we also have Cameron claiming to be the 13th cousin of Kim Kardashian – and this is of electoral importance? How long before a political leader claims direct lineage to Jesus Christ – oh, sorry, I forgot some of them already would have us believe they are He.

In any event, where actualité is concerned at least Ed Miliband accepts that membership of the Single Market gives British businesses access to the world’s largest trading bloc; but then does not acknowledge that it is not membership of the EU that provides that but membership of the EEA. But why bother with that inactualité when you can repeat another: that three million jobs depend on our membership of the EU?

From Wikipedia we learn that the ‘silly season’ occurs during the summer months – and in view of what we have heard so far perhaps general elections should be held in, say, August?

Just a thought……………………………