Telly addicts
A total of 3.6 million people tuned in to BBC One’s Leaders Debate on Wednesday night, barely half the number who watched Britain’s Got Talent on the other side. No word on which channel Theresa May was glued to, after refusing to turn up for the big political showdown.
Quote of the day
“He’s formed a great friendship with a stray, so there are socialist tendencies to Gato”
Jeremy Corbyn on his cat
Faint praise
Some good news for the Lib Dems: The Economist magazine has backed the party in the general election. And some bad news for the Lib Dems: The Economist says the party is “going nowhere” and a vote for them is merely “a down-payment for the future” when a new, better centrist party might emerge.
Don’t have nightmares
Thorpe Park is trying to make the election fun for the youngsters with a vote-themed ride called Poll-tergeist — a ghost train with “terrifying live action characters” based on Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn and Tim Farron, the Tory, Labour and Liberal Democrat leaders. Will anyone be able to tell the difference?
A nice little Earner
After years of trading blows from the front bench, Ed Balls and George Osborne are teaming up to form their very own Eric and Ernie double act, and will be appearing as pundits on ITV’s election night programme. I’ll leave you to decide which of them is Wise.