It's probably safe to say he doesn't have major French Open aspirations, given that lack of preparation.
But there is also opportunity in the new fluidity for all those aspiring third and fourth parties that are elbowing their way into the mainstream debate – from the Greens setting their sights on the Lib Dem votes to Ukip (doing the same to the Tories) and assorted nationalist aspirations, most boldly expressed by Alex Salmond.
Wandering around the great halls and the bars and tea-rooms of Westminster last week was to witness the coronation of the SNP as the natural party of government in Scotland and the one that former Labour people now trust to represent their aspirations and best interests.
So much so that there is now a slim chance that Hillary Clinton's presidential aspirations have been undone by something she could have feasibly been taught on a WebWise internet safety course.
It is not about the absence of religion but the absence of religious power, a freedom from patriarchal straightjackets that might stifle our lives, dreams and aspirations.
"It's not hard to see what the international aspirations of this film were," says Landreth, "but it fell flat on its face in the US".
All through college we had high hopes and aspirations but weren't sure what it was we wanted to do.
Russia is opposed to Moldova's EU aspirations, and may try to use the Transnistrian conflict to disrupt integration plans.
This does not mean the democratic aspirations of Syria's original protesters should be abandoned, or that the Syrian government should not start to implement the Geneva principles for transition that Annan briefly persuaded the big powers to accept.
The former prime minister, who led the country into the Iraq conflict in 2003, appears to acknowledge that previous aspirations to export liberal democracy focused too much on political objectives.
"I think we are headed in that direction, but as with all aspirations, first you have to go through the pain and suffering of systems that don't work.
