Big Wednesday

Conservative Pary Leader David Cameron, speaking to the press earlier this year. Photographer : Cate Gillon

It appears that David Cameron had a better day than I. Dave needed to put in a good performance, and he did. While "the big speech" was a little long, his ability to speak without a script or autocue is impressive. A perfect contrast to Labour's smoke and mirrors. However, will this speech be enough though to win a general election?

In contrast I had a very mixed day. My first class of the day was Industry. This class is taken by Nick Baty, who is currently teaching us Quark. Interestingly, Nick is in the midst of a spat with Telegraph blogger Damian Thompson. The class was fine, but my problem was with the Mac. I am very new to this hardware, so I was a bit rubbish this morning.

Industry was followed by a two hour Teeline class. This whole shorthand business is becoming a pain. I need 100wpm to pass my NCTJ exam in January 2008. At the moment, this seems a distant prospect. There is test or something tomorrow, so I need to revise tonight.