Had a TV appearance at BBC Westminster studios today. Presumably due to the date, there were a lot of confused journalists, politicians and producers running around trying to find each other and not really knowing what was going on.

Journalist: "Have you seen Mark Oaten?"

Receptionist: "Yup, I told him you’d finished with him, so he left."

Angry journalist: "But he was supposed to have another interview at 2:45!"

Another random Liberal waiting in reception: "Oh, have you lost Mark? I’ll give him a ring on my mobile…"

…etc.

Never got to find out if Mark Oaten appeared, sadly. Or to find out who the elderly Liberal in reception was. I did get to talk about spirits companies buying each other – although I rather got the impression my producer was rather disappointed to be working on such a dull corporate story, given the electoral circus raging around him…