That’s the day that UK PM Cameron not only reaches the ripe ol’ age of 48 but has also decided on for the hotly awaited challenge from EU-sceptics UKIP in the wake of the recent defection by Tory MP Douglas Carswell

The Beeb has more here

The Claction bye-election will be gathering many column inches in the meantime and coming as it does after the Scottish referendum may well add to the uncertainty that will prevail now all the way into next year’s General Election (as and when the market wants to use it as an excuse /reason of course)

But I’m not talking my book. Really.