'Play nicely with David please, Gordon'

Bullying behaviour, not taking calls, treating journalists with contempt, making enemies of employees -- yes, David Cameron had a turbulent time as director of corporate affairs at Carlton TV.

So Gordon Brown throws his toys out of the pram? So what. I bet most prime ministers suffer from the same afflictions under the stress of the job. Anthony Eden, anyone?

The real problem is two-fold.

On the local level, the expenses scandal makes the forthcoming General Election unpredictable. If voters are asked 'Which political party do you support?' they will give one answer; if given a list of the actual candidates in their constituency, they will give another. Their candidate of choice may be a popular MP not of their party of preference, or someone sullied by the expenses scandal.

On the global level, national politicians make very little difference at all. The capitalist markets of the world are in charge, and government figureheads can only fiddle at the edges -- hence the anger and the lashing out.

My prediction on this? Within three days there will be stories in the national press about David Cameron's dark side with respect to employee relations. It's a zero-sum game story.

The media need to focus on policies, stuff that the politicians can actually influence. Bring on the election.