I am one very happy chappie today after I learned that Paul Potts won "Britain's Got Talent". As far as I am concerned, he is an amazingly talented singer and I for one will be buying his debut album as soon as it comes out.

Here's his winning act :



And here's where he finds out he has won :




I have always supported people whom society considers to be "the underdog". Paul doesn't have David Beckham looks or riches (although he won't be short of cash from now on!) and he has hit a few speed-bumps in his life. When he revealed that he had been bullied at school, my girlfriend saw me instantly tense up. This is because I was severely bullied at school and I still bear the mental scars to this day. So Paul is someone who I instantly identify with - he and I are people who people routinely underestimate, ridicule, put down, write off, whatever. So last night, Paul scored one for the Underdog Team and I'll be having a few beers tonight to celebrate.

Congratulations Paul. You truly deserve all the good things that are coming to you.

Politics seems to be taking a bit of an outlandish unreal slant at the moment. Dour Scotsman Gordon Brown, who has as much charisma as my garden gnome, has launched his campaign to be the next British Prime Minister (is it just me or does Mrs Brown look a bit tarty in her chosen attire?). I don't know why Gordy is bothering - no-one serious intends to challenge him (only a couple of loony left-wingers who have as much chance of winning as I do) and so King Gordon is 99.99% certain to get the job on June 27th. So why not just cut all the nonsense, such as "democracy" and just coronate him now? Why bother with something as trivial as a leadership election? I got a huge laugh the other day when they screwed up his speech where he announced he was running for the leadership. They placed the teleprompter in front of the television cameras so the end result was that no-one could see Brown's face. This guy wants to run the country but he can't even get his team together for a successful press conference?

If Brown becoming the next Prime Minister wasn't bad enough for British politics, I then read that Alex Salmond is on course to be the next Scottish First Minister after he made a deal with the Greens. Bloody Greens, they always bring the loonies into power by the back door! I also read though that King Gordon of Downing-Street-Land is said to be rather lukewarm about the idea of Scottish independence and he has been making a few thinly veiled threats to Nutter Salmond. So in that respect, Gordon may not be so bad after all......anyone that puts Nutter Salmond back into the cupboard is good enough for me.

Across the pond, Toby Harndon of the Daily Telegraph opines that a campaign is being quietly set up to allow New York mayor Michael Bloomberg to run for the US presidency in 2008. Although if the blog reader comments are anything to go by, Bloomberg doesn't have a chance in hell.