Have just woken up from the oddest dream.

For some reason I was on Newsnight opposite Margaret Beckett. I suppose it must have been on the eve of a general election, because the talk was of possible post-election horse trading. Quoth the MP for Derby South:

"Everyone knows that the Lib Dems will go into coalition with the Tories if there's a hung parliament - just look at the likes of Birmingham and Burnley."

To which I saucily replied,

"So what do your constituents think of the Labour-Tory coalition on Derby Council?"

So what can it all mean? Why am I dreaming about Margaret Beckett? And why can I only produce those sort of zingers in my sleep? Find out on the next exciting installment of Joe's tenuous grip on reality...