SezJez and dad are sitting at the kitchen table, Dad having returned from an aborted trip to Edinburgh. SezJez is waiting for breakfast, french toast, Dad is sipping a cup of coffee before returning to the fray.
I serve up the toast, golden and crispy. As is our wont in this house SezJez recites a line from a song.

My husband and I look at each other bemused.

"Gordon Brown text your lights on."? we query together.

Is this some new policy from the wonderkind, or perhaps BMW's latest tech gadget?

No, just "The ants are my friend" syndrome.

TODAY WE COMMENTED ON:

Iain Dale's Diary - Fixed Term Parliaments Iain Dale argues for fixed term Parliaments - I agree, with reservations.

The UFO files So the UFO data released does not prove there are aliens. Sceptical scientists are gleeful, but why. It doesn't prove there are not any aliens.
Stem Cell research Scientists complain the debate on stem cell research is being hijacked by religion and emotive issues. But when have we ever been able to trust scientists to know where the ethical line is drawn.
Gordon's Four Steps to recovery We think it will take much more to save Labour. Gordon will have to enter a twelve step programme.