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So, have you wrapped your legs around my engine, Ian?

What's this music you've got going?

It's Bruce Springsteen born to run.

And that was what I was reminded of when I saw that picture of you on the limo bike this morning.

You know that really, really sexy picture of James Dean on a motorbike?

Yeah.

That wasn't quite what you were on the back of that bike, was it?

Would you like to explain to our listeners why you have been on your machine this morning?

Well, you know today is Local Elections Results Day.

Well, yeah, quite.

My five-hour overnight extravaganza on LBC, which you weren't part of this year and was sadly missed.

You were sadly missed at the beginning when we were talking about the Conservative

gain in Redditch.

Sorry, Labour won six out of ten seats in Redditch.

Let's just put a bit of context on this.

Anyway, we'll return to that.

I know, but there was a conservative gain and there shouldn't be

conservative gains in seats like that in these circumstances.

But as you say, we will return to this.

So I go out at four mill back because I then needed to get to Good Morning Britain to be with you

because you can't be trusted on your own on television.

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