After he was rounded on by the media and widely mocked for not only his appearance at the Riot for an Alternative, but the content of his speech, Ed seemed to think that announcing he was getting married a couple of days later would make up for his mistakes. However the latest YouGov figures show the public saw straight through it. Just 29% of people asked think he proposed for genuine personal reasons compared to the 43% that think it was to improve his personal image.

Oh well, Justine looked happy anyway.