People, read the following excerpts from todays Guardian and weep.

Their wives met at yoga. Now Chris Martin plans to rock the vote for Cameron's Tories

In a coup for the Conservatives, the lead singer of Coldplay, Chris Martin, has declared his backing for David Cameron, releasing a song that the party hopes will become the Tory answer to Labour's 1997 anthem, Things Can Only Get Better.
"Dave really cares about the things I care about," Martin, whose band has sold more than 17m albums worldwide, told the Guardian. "I'm afraid the same can't be said of Tony Blair any more."

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"But it was the wind generator on his roof that clinched it," Martin said. "I realised that whatever Labour said about Kyoto, you were never going to see a windmill on the roof of No 10. Dave's given me an absolute assurance that he's committed to saving the planet."

Martin once described Tony Blair as "brilliant," but yesterday the singer's trademark cheeriness faded when asked about the prime minister's performance in office. "I gave him one last chance," he said. "I invited him round to explain himself to me and a group of like-minded friends - about how he was going to make poverty history and all that.

"But he never turned up. Madonna walked out, and Stella [McCartney] was totally gutted."

In the new song, Martin rails at how recent events have "smashed my illusions about Tony Blair/His shoes, his suits, his terrible hair." In a subtle nod to Mr Cameron's reputation for voguish footwear he sings: "It was the converse trainers that did it for me/I got them in orange, wait till you see"

Mr Cameron hopes more British bands will follow where Coldplay has led the way, creating a Tory version of the socialist bands-for-Labour movement organised by Billy Bragg in the early 1990s.

"I'm calling it Blue Wedge," he said. "Blue is back. I want all the top bands out there, from the Attic Monkeys to the Kaiser Chefs, to know they're welcome. There's absolutely nothing about my policies which anyone could object to."

Now I don't know about you, dear reader, (and this is going to sound really childish) but I nearly wet myself with laughter, when I read this (thank heavens for tena lady). I think it's pretty obvious from my previous posts that Chris Martin is one of my pet peeves and as for the Tory party, well as an ex trade unionist, you can imagine how fond I am of them. In fact, I'd go so far as to say I'd rather be stuck in a room with Simply Red (another pet peeve) than vote Tory.
Just what do this absurd pair think they're doing. I'm in my mid thirties and in no way could I be described as being "down with the kids", much as I'd like to think I am. But, if I found this attempt to appeal to a younger generation nauseous and patronising, how do you think it comes across to "the kids"? I simply don't believe young people are stupid enough to buy the notion that just because "Dave" Cameron wears orange converse shoes and listens to the "Attic Monkeys" (sic) he understands their concerns. And it's even more galling to think that a Labour leader started the trend, by inviting Noel and Liam to No.10 (and at the moment I pretty much loathe the Labour party aswell).
Is this really what we, the public, want from our country's leaders? And is it any wonder that our younger people no longer want to vote?