A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the House of Commons

There's a brief lull in the campaign. Labour are gearing up to try and win more votes by... making Gordon Brown more visible. (Strokes chin.) We don't want to point out the flaw in that plan, but... Nick Clegg is having a day off to spend with his family, who unfortunately ended up stranded in Spain. Serves them right for taking a holiday outside term-time. And David Cameron is saying something about unelected PMs having to hold elections within 6 months, no doubt with the odd Blair-esque "y'know" and with his sleeves rolled up.

So, it seems an opportune moment to allow ourselves to round up a little satire.

First, remember Gordon saving the world?

Then we have a bit of fun at the expense (no pun intended) of Mr Clegg.

After that, David Cameron goes all Jarvis Cocker for three minutes.

And let's not forget the Greens trying to be taken seriously.

We are nothing if not even-handed here at X Marks The Box.

(We realise we haven't linked to any UKIP satire, but there is nothing we could find which is funnier than their own manifesto.)