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It's the fashion item that's the talk of the town - well the talk of our newsroom anyway.

I'm talking about my natty Election 2010 bag as seen for the first time on Look North yesterday.

It seems to have made an impact of sorts, as it even got mentioned to me in Carlisle today.

I have taken a bit of flack over its colour - white with a hint of pink.

I would like to point out it wouldn't be my colour of choice but we had to find a white bag to work with the Election 2010 logo that was so lovingly stuck on it.

I must admit though I didn't notice the hint of pink when I bought it.

There have been some unkind individuals who have compared my appearance with the offending bag to Dick Emery's Mandy character - a rather camp cross-dressing caricature who used to hit people with his/her handbag while screeching "Ooh, you are awful."

Apologies to anyone below 40 for that obscure reference.

I was going to retire the bag after one and only appearance but it seems to have made an impression on people.

And as I am a perverse so-and-so, I might bring it out again at some point.

But of course what I can never reveal is what's in it.

Plenty have asked, but I'm not telling!

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