Apologies for the hiatus. I am now the proud owner of a house, finally, taken the plunge, taken the oath, joined the PODcast. That's property owning democracy for now.
But for how long? This is shaping up to be one of the most tedious and dirtiest election campaigns for a while: and this tells us that there is a strong connection between boredom and turn-off. It is in Labour's interest to run a mendacious campaign without debate or policy. Slogans and fear will reduce turn-out and ensure that they retain a greater number of seats. Cancer leaflets and scare-mongering are two of the stronger tools in their campaign.
But is the same true of the Liberal Democrats? No, and yet, they appear to have adopted the same approach: slogans, attack dogs and policy incoherence.
The Conservatives are determined to be metrosexual and end up Janus-faced: an incoherence and disjointed performance that presages a transvestite cross-dressing government that founders under the burden of debt.
None intice, Brown bread is slowly succumbing to ergot; Clegg may prove a fallow leader and Cameron hasn't convinced.
There is a huge reservoir of undecideds that have the potential to upset all three parties. But will they be too bored to act?