Nick Clegg is not the only one to benefit from the TV election debates. The Tonight and 5 Live presenter Jonathan Maitland's book The Complete and Utter Guide to the 2010 Election is soaring in Amazon's election books chart. It presciently contains a whole chapter – even though it was written well before the TV debates – on how important it is for politicians to be good on television. The book was first published in 2005 as an accompaniment to ITV's Poll Idol show Vote for Me. Remember that? A bid to find a new type of politician from the ranks of ordinary people. Monkey is wondering if ITV is kicking itself for not recommissioning it for this election.
