Goodwill butties

By Nick Assinder Political correspondent, BBC News website

POSTED: Wednesday 13 April, 0920BST

Do I detect a growing grumpiness amongst my colleagues as they are forced to turn up to the Liberal Democrat press conferences every day at 0730?

It is not the Lib Dems' fault, of course. The tradition is the Lib Dems go first, then Labour then the Tories.

So they need some sort of attraction or stunt to bring the hacks in and keep them awake.

Today it was supposed to be their latest election broadcast. But it never ran due to "technical difficulties".

Still, the Lib Dems have made up for everything by offering by far the best breakfast.

It's amazing just how much goodwill a bacon or sausage butty can win.

Your comments

If they didn't offer brown sauce, I would have told them where to go.
David, Stockport

I find this kind of un-evidenced statement in election reporting rather worrying. How was the comparison carried out? Did Nick Assinder sample several breakfasts on one day? Was the comparison over a number of days? Have different correspondents rated other parties' breakfasts? Were parties warned in advance that their breakfasts were being compared? On what criteria were the breakfasts compared? Was a control breakfast used, and if so, what was it?
Ray Lashley, Bristol, UK

Perhaps some early morning aerobics with a scantily clad Lib Dem instructor would be just the ticket to work off all that pork fat?
Candace, New Jersey, US

You don't need a "Reporter for a Day" do you? I could handle the crucial questions like: What's Labour's "Elevensies" like? Do the SNP do a decent Haggis? Are Plaid's Rarebits up to the job? You know it makes sense...
Peter Ould, Oxford, UK

Surely, if we're to improve the nation's health, less fatty alternatives should be offered?
Francisco, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Maybe the Lib Dems are on to something. The way to a political reporter's heart could be through the stomach.
David Patrick, Reading, UK

My gran used to say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Bacon is always a winner. Maybe it should be put in a manifesto.
Simon, Exmouth, Devon

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