It would turn your stomach the depths these unscrupulous bastards will go to to get sympathy votes from the electorate.
As the General Election draws nearer more and more of them are in the news crying out for your votes it started with Alastair Campbell on the Andrew Marr show the Gordon Brown on the tears Morgan interview and then David Cameron.
Jamie Smith from Glasgow has approached bookmakers to see if he can get odds for how many politicians will cry on television on the run up to the General Election and how many politicians will cry within 24 hours after the General Election result is announced.
Many people are now asking for Ken Dodd to release his hit record Tears.