Andy Zaltzman

I'll give you a point for a fact.

And an extra point for mentioning a sport unnecessarily.

You're showing perfectly on your first appearance.

In England, it's councils.

Actually, what's the political mood in Scotland as there's a national election about state police?

Now, Vittorio, you're from Northern Ireland, live in London now.

Looking at the state, I think that makes you purely neutral on everything.

How do you see the state?

Cindy, we're in a uniquely stroppy state across the whole UK.

In fact, according to the official National Stroppiness Index, it's a record 16.43 harumphs on the Tunbridge Wells scale.

Basically, none of the parties are popular, really.

One week to go now until the national elections in Scotland and Wales and in England, the most eagerly awaited local... Let me rephrase that.

The least uneagerly awaited local elections for a little bit of a while.

Opinion polls are showing no parties above 30% in the UK as a whole, nor in Wales specifically.

Only the SNP above 20-odd percent in Scotland and even then only at 35%, much down from their vote share in the 2021 election.

So next Thursday's ballot seems set to result in a resounding...

In other British political news, recently elected Green MP Hannah Spencer said MPs do a surprising amount of what in Parliament?

Work.

Having heard many politicians talking when sober, the last thing you'd want is to have them voting whilst in command of their faculties.

That is a literally sobering thought.