I thought that was brill, but anyone named after a Turkish sunglasses shop deserves the chop - so bye bye Limpet Optik
I watched till about 4am then realised there were to be few highlights. There was one very subtle but nonetheless great Gordon Brown moment (like we need another). After his winning speech in his own constituency of Kirkaldy & Cowdenbeath, he made what I thought was a rather good speech, passionate and unlike him. The speech he can make when the polling booths are closed and the pressure may not be off but you can't do anything about it anymore. The speech his party must have been crying out for, but only heard the ramblings of a bungling idiot. Whatever you think of Brown or Labour or politicians, I do believe Gordy is in politics to try and make a positive difference for people.
Anyway, re-election and rousing speech in the bag, he set off as he does sometimes - on a Gordon Brown random handshake-a-thon. Now when GB does this he can't do it in relaxed fashion - he approaches people with arm already extended like the approach of a Buzz Lightyear toy figure in cosmic karate chop mode. As he was attacking anyone and everyone with erect arm, an advisor whispered something in his ear which must have been something like "If you want to shake hands, don't you think the ballot paper counters would be a better group?"
To which he immediately swung round and headed off in their direction, where they were lined up ready to be handshaken. So determined was GB on this, his hand arrived to the first person seemingly ages before the rest of him. There was a fabulous moment where you could see the realisation dawn on him that this girl was actually propping herself up in the standing position on crutches. Not one to back out, with razor sharp thinking his heat seeking palm changed direction downwards, where he carried out a quite disturbing wiggle of the girl's fingertips, just below the handle.
Goodbye, Mr Bean.
