From the bus again but with good excuse today because this statue is so high up on a column that it's the only place to get a good view from. The Column is in the middle of the road in Fleet Street.

What I'd wanted to do for my picture for today is the photo (or red x!) below but, as you'll see, the road markings are reflected in the bus window quite badly.

So, the Election has been called, the Queen has disolved Parliament (if only!!) and us Civil Servants are in Purdah.... yes that's really what we call it, because during this time we have 40 pages of guidance (available to all on the Cabinet Office website) on what we must and must not do - all sensible stuff, which basically boils down to not doing work for the current Government in support of their election campaign. Over the coming weeks we'll be writing tree loads of briefing for the new or returning Government on implementing their election manifestos. It's an interesting time though.