I should be on a plane at this point, however ash has conspired to cancel my connecting flight this morning. I'm now re-booked onto another flight this evening so I'll still be in South Africa in time for meetings just on considerably less sleep.

The weekend was lovely and relaxed …

Now the new government is installed and running we can return to our usual programme. One of the things I shall be looking forward to is the promised shake up in Government IT procurement. Both the Lib Dems and the Tories are more or less singing from the same song …

I know I planned to stop writing about politics post election but as things aren't quite decided yet I find I'm still thinking about it.

One of the more common statements coming from people wishing to see Labour somehow continue in office is that 52% of the population voted to …

I didn't make it to the declaration of my local constituency which eventually declared sometime around 5 in the morning. As a result I'm basically functioning on tea infusions. I may have to whip up a super-caffeine latte in a bit.

The results last night where all over the place …

Today is the general election in the UK. It's the closest race I've ever been eligible to vote in and the outcome is far from certain. If you do one thing today please go and vote. That is all.