In a embittered and scathing press conference today, ex-Liberal-Democrat leader Sir Menzies 'Ming' Campbell apportioned the blame for his resignation on the media's apparent obsession with his maturity.
"I didn't want this to be an issue and there is no reason why age should be a determining factor in judging whether someone is fit to lead their country, but I feel as if I have had no choice but to resign after a series of press stories on my favourite colour of carpet slippers and whether I prefer Ovaltine to Horlicks." said Ming before adding. "I'm 66 you know,"
Campbell then took a series of questions from the few journalists that had bothered to attend, answering each one by repeating the last word of their question and then saying "Yes. That's right," in a wobbly old person voice.
He ended the conference yelling that 'we'd be old like him one day and then we'd see how it felt,'
Meanwhile at Lib-Dem headquarters, Chris Hnnnhhnn, the favourite to take over from the departing Campbell, has already begun his campaign to win the hearts and minds of the Lib-Dem party members, by targeting the dumb vote.
"We've had womanisers, alcoholics, and the elderly. Our party needs to identify with the increasingly large proportion of stupid people living in Britain today. We'll be forming opinion from Sun editorials, buying lottery tickets and applying to appear on Big Brother." said Hnnnhhnnhhn. "And if that doesn't work, we'll just offer to cut everyone's taxes while improving public services."
