According to a pole by ICM for the Mail on Sunday the Sun's ex-editor Kelvin MacKenzie would attract only 14% of the vote in Haltemprice & Howden compared with 67% for David Davis. Apparenty MacKenzie is having second thoughts about standing. Wot a shocker!!

It's a badly kept secret that most of the right of centre press in this country would like to see a Conservative Government. You get the feeling that the only reason the Murdoch press has backed New Labour for 10 years in because the Tories were so unbackable in the shape they were in.

But let's look at a couple of the tabloid stories today in The Sun.

The Sun has declared its support to Alan Johnson to become Deputy Leader in a piece where they strongly attack Peter Hain.