Ming Campbell’s campaign website is at www.campbellcampaign.org. Interestingly (well, to me) it’s a WordPress site.

I’ve not really blogged about the LibDem leadership election yet. I will do so over the coming weeks, so in advance I’m laying down my ground rules:

1. I’m not going to start jumping up and down for anyone yet. Already too many people (MPs and bloggers) seem to have leapt on the first candidate they saw, declared support before the line-up was clear and then been left wondering if they wouldn’t prefer someone else. Until we’re a bit nearer the nominations deadline and we can be fairly sure who all the candidates are on what platforms they’re standing, I won’t be installing a big – say – “Vote Huhne” banner.
2. The election will be by alternative vote. Therefore, I encourage the use of additional preferences if you have a vote in this election and if I endorse someone it will be as a first choice and not a statement that all of the other candidates are rubbish.
3. Installing a bloodied leader won’t help the party. I will express policy disagreement with some candidates, and I’ll criticise their campaigns where appropriate, but I won’t aim to rip them apart in the hope of helping my preferred candidate(s). If and when I choose to endorse someone, I’ll aim to focus on why they should be leader and not why the others shouldn’t. I won’t be taking chunks out of a candidate whom I don’t support if there’s the possibility that he will be leader in seven weeks’ time.
4. Obviously, therefore, point 3 doesn’t apply to Oaten.

Via James comes celebrity face recognition from MyHeritage.com. Although designed for genealogical purposes, there’s a huge amount of fun to be had putting non-celebs in the celebrity search and seeing whose faces come up. It’s not infallible (one photo of me seemed to be matched with Stan Lee just because we were both wearing sunglasses), but when I tested it with a random photo of Tony Blair, it knew who it was.

There is a certain amount of amusement to be had, too, if you forget to set the result to just one gender. Although I insist I don’t look like Alanis Morissette.

The Scotsman: Ming wins the election.