"There was a huge surge in Twitter followers last night", Middleton said. "Ive had a lot of support from people with intolerances across the board, they like the fact that I pushed the boundaries of Bake Off with interesting ingredients."

He has such a problem in this respect, he really does. And I'm not confident that, as the Tory policy agenda sharpens, Cameron's lack of popularity will cease to be a serious handicap. You hear people say: "Ah, but Maggie was unpopular, and she still won." True, but it was a fairly slender victory in 1979, and one reason it was slender was that - despite the sclerotic uselessness of Labour and a national consensus that the unions needed sorting out - Mrs Thatcher got on people's nerves. In later elections it didn't matter, because she'd proved herself.

REPORTER: College of the Holy Cross.

You were signed for the UK Strictly Come Dancing series in 2008 after touring with the American Dancing with the Stars show. Was that a pivotal moment for you financially?

Ann Cooper