Our expectation of British politicians is so low that when Ed Miliband talks about 80s video games everyone hails him a hero

If David Cameron slips in that he once completed Zelda will he clinch the election?

(Absolute Radio)

Ed Miliband smiled, nodded and laughed nervously on the sofa with Absolute Radio this morning, for once coming across less like an Ed Miliband simulacrum and more like something resembling an actual human being.

The nation instantly hailed the interview a huge turnaround for the leader of the opposition and declared it a must-see, as the sound of a thousand swing-o-meters lurching in Labour's direction echoed.

It wasn't a remarkable interview by a long stretch. Most of his answers were pretty perfunctory, he struggled to articulate them and his nervous energy was that of a man perpetually terrified he was about to be asked to name the members of One Direction and risk losing the youth vote.

But the Metro and New Statesman were already in paroxysms:

"Hell yes! He said 'Hell yes!'" people cried, delighted that he had dared to use a colloquialism in the public sphere.

Miliband also professed his love for the ZX Spectrum game Manic Miner, cricket, Bastille and his local Indian restaurant, and no-one could believe he had interests outside of politics and voter appeasement. Does he breathe oxygen and brush his teeth like the rest of us too? Cute!

As charismatic public appearances go, it was certainly far short of Barack 'sinks three-pointers, sings Al Green and brushes the dirt off his shoulders' Obama, and it's kind of scary how easily voters were charmed. If David Cameron slips in that he once completed Zelda before tonight's TV debate will he gain the upper hand?

We need to demand more from our politicians, both in terms of their proposals and their ability to relate to voters. That Miliband denying ever doing a moonie constitutes a humble man of the people shows just how alien we've come to regard them.