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June 2010

16th June 2010

Iain Dale's Diary - Equal Justice


May 2010

5th May 2010

Shane Greer - Top Five Campaign Videos


April 2010

17th April 2010

Sam Coates - The Times - Labour Delight at Lib Dem Surge


December 2009

30th December 2009

ConservativeHome - John Gummer becomes the latest Suffolk MP to announce his retirement


29th December 2009

LabourHome - Does it matter who wins the election?

FreedomCentral Charity ends in the Health Service?

Letters From a Tory Another slap in the face for Grayling?

November 2009

24th November 2009

LabourHome Electoral Reform on the agenda

DizzyThinks Harriet Harmans embarassing neighbours


22nd November 2009

John Redwood What should Eurosceptics do now?


21st November 2009

LabourList Baroness, Bard and Blair: reaction to EU appointments

ConservativeHome Liam Fox wants to pull British forces out of Germany as part of a Tory defence "revolution"


20th November 2009

Skipper Lady Ashton and the 'Talent Pool'

Man in a Shed Policing is political because Labour and the chief constables have made it so

Independence Home Van Rompuy – President (un)Elect


19th November 2009

Tom Harris - The chatterers do not hold the key to electoral success

Iain Dale - Have Labour MPs Given Up?

Charlotte Gore - The End of the Free Internet in Britain?

Derek Bennett - Tonights the night


18th November 2009

Conor's Commentary Playing politics with the law.

Left Liberal Nick Clegg and Paddy Ashdown fire blanks in Afghanistan

Cranmer The Government of Opposition

Independence Home Should UKIP not stand against anti-EU MPs?

October 2009

6th October 2009

Cicero's Songs The European Game Changer

Dizzy Thinks PPcs run scared of Crick - why?

September 2009

19th September 2009

Les Bonner Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg delivers his rally speech

Mark Wadsworth Skullduggery of week

Coffee House Why Vince Cable is not too sexy for his party

LabourList We bailed out the banks without asking for anything in return - why Labour needs a new approach


15th September 2009

Coffee House Purnell's enjoying the freedom of the backbenches

Liberal Conspiracy Lefties surrendering to the conservative movement

John Redwood What does it take to kill a regional quango?

Lord Toby Harris Politics and policing: Sir Paul Stephenson keeps digging


7th September 2009

Tom Harris Save general election night

Skipper Is Another Coup Attempt Against Gordon Really Possible?

Iain Dale George's Dilemma

Cicero's Songs When first we utter to deceive.


6th September 2009

CentreRight Oil in our time

Freedom CentralJilted Sky: Gordon is a Moron

LabourList Labour needs to learn to love Academies


2nd September 2009

Daniel Hannan EU investment fund rules would finish the City of London

Les Bonner 10 months out of work is 10 months too long

LabourList Cameron's approach to rights is legally illiterate and will harm the vulnerable

Derek Bennett Taxed to death.


1st September 2009

Liberal Democrat Voice A look back at the polls: August ‘09

Frank Field Balancing Britain's Population

LabourList Four words for the media: what would Cameron do?

Caron's Musings A tasty dish of red herring - what do the letters on Lockerbie mean?

August 2009

31st August

CoffeeHouse But he did for the both of them with his plan of attack

Bloggers4UKIP EU admits energy saving bulbs are inferior one day before ban

Liberal Conspiracy Tories valuing different opinions? Yeah right

Tom Harris ‘Do as we say, not as we blog’


30th August

Skipper Observer Poll Further Evidence Labour Brand is Shot

LabourList Labour needs to take a lead on the ‘socially useless’ parts of finance

Mark Wadsworth Money go round

OurKingdom Sinister plans to merge ID database with Criminal Records Bureau checks


29th August

Labour And Capital PwC pensions report

Parlez~me~'n~Tory Baroness Harman, perish the thought!


28th August

Lord Toby Harris Becoming a Peer 3: North London meets the Feudal System

Working Class Tory Why Was He Even Here?

Charlotte Gore Shameless Filler #2


27th August

Hopi Sen A fun game.

Agent Orange ‘Swept under the carpet’, Clegg on expenses

Nadine Dorries Labours employment legislation responsible for poor standards of care in hospitals

Bloggers4ukip Spiraling cost of EU membership a disgrace


25th August

Frank Field Being Screwed by the EU

Freedom Central Presidents Blair and Brown

CentreRight How We Fight, and How the MOD Reacts

SNP Tactical Voting Labour needs to cut and run


20th August

John Redwood The way out of borrowing too much - borrow more

LabourList City excess and youth unemployment - the twin results of free global capitalism on speed


19th August

Austin Mitchell Spend. Spend. Spend. Viv Nicholson for Chancellor

Agent Orange High pay who decides?

Mark Wadsworth Innumerates & economic illiterates of the day

Iain Dale Exclusive: Pickles Blasts Talk of 'Decapitation'


18th August

ConservativeHome David Cameron warns that the Government risks defaulting on its debt obligations

LabourList The right wing media and the bash the benefits claimants agenda

Les Bonner Labour has failed young people


14th August

CentreRight Timothy Kirkhope's new constitutional rule

Charlotte Gore Go on, tell us what you really think…

Hopi Sen British GDP data better than Germany.

Derek Bennett Lord Tebbits warning to Cameron


13th August

Blood & Treasure A healthcare experiment

A Conservative's blog A long slow fragile recovery

FreeThink Are we out of the woods?

Derek Bennett EAW spells angst


12th August

Iain Dale Alan Duncan & the Secret Video

LabourList Liverpool, Manchester and Bournemouth chosen for 2011-14 Labour party conferences

Social Liberal Forum Celebrating 100 years of liberals fighting the ‘taxpayers’ alliance’

Brussels Journal As Goes The West So Goes NATO


11th August

Scots and Independent Murphy's Flaw

Charlotte Gore Why ‘Food Security’?

Conor's Commentary Progressive Conservatives?

Raedwald If Oswald Mosley had stayed in the Labour Party...


10th August

Blood & Treasure Salford verdict

Cicero's Songs Is Britain Decadent?

Independence Home EU Membership Fee Rises 3.2%

John Redwood Is Local government after more of your money?


5th August

LabourList The first step towards a social Europe: CAP must go

Les Bonner Nick Clegg finalises Liberal Democrat General Election team

Derek Bennett A frightening prospect

Conservative Home Liam Fox lambasts Government over "inexcusable" failure to get armoured trucks to Afghanistan as quickly as possible


4th August

Cranmer How to create a party in one’s own image

Iain Dale Do You Judge a Blog By Its Commenters?

Tom Harris Have the Tories just changed the way we do politics?


3rd August

Frank Field One Out, One In

Libertarian-Left More bad government!

Daily Referendum Commons pat rise - this has got to stop.

Anders Hanson And people wonder why decent people think twice about a career in politics link title

July 2009

30th July 2009

Freemania A tale of two house price crashes

Jonathan Fryer Three Men on the Box?

Devil's Kitchen The cost is prohibitive

Raedwald Almost right, Sir Michael


29th July 2009

Agent Orange Boring but significant – ‘main residence’ defined

The Appalling Strangeness Bercow's Pay

Duncan’s Economic Blog Replacing Kingman & the future of UKFI

Greenpeace Shifting Sands: Greenpeace report reckons we’ve hit peak oil (sort of)


28th July 2009

Liberal Democrat Voice Politics, money and elections: what changes with the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009

Derek Bennett What's the point of voting Conservative?

Pete's Politics I quite like James Purnell, but…

Head of Legal Lord Lester: my life as a goat.


27th July 2009

Cranmer The Grammar School imperative

Iain Dale Do We Want David Davis To Be a Nodding Dog?

Tigmoo Pensioner poverty: what to do?

Stumbling and Mumbling Relative poverty for the hard of thinking

LabourList If Norwich North was anything to go by, CLPs will have to learn to wrest control of their campaigns back from Victoria Street


26th July 2009

Bob Piper Time for a fair deal for UKIP

Tom Harris New boy: Part 2

Lord Toby Harris Has the Ministry of Defence lost the plot?


25th July 2009

Skipper Brown's Reputation for Political Judgement in Tatters Over Norwich Byelection

Michael Meacher Both parties' economic policies are a disaster

John's Labour blog Banking lemmings: moral hazard or absolute bloody certainty? link title

Charlotte Gore Campaining through Blogs


24th July 2009

Lindylooz Muze The Party is not the Plaything of the leader - Clegg


23rd July 2009

Liberal England A Fresh Start for Britain smells a little stale

Letters From A Tory Time to slash funding for the Arts?

The Talking Clock Do we need a new British electoral system..?

Conor's Commentary Gordon's productive term


22nd July 2009

Lords of the Blog Activity at the Despatch Box

LabourList Brown became PM as Labour's most towering figure

Derek Bennett Fat chance in France


21st July 2009

Tory Outcast Labour cowardice in Glasgow

Conor's Commentary Getting on

Liberal England Leicester schools replacing caretakers with Group 4 Securicor


20th July 2009

Donpaskini Tory plans for foreign aid: bureaucratic, regressive and humiliating

Hopi Sen e-campaigning – go to ground?

Charlotte Gore Labour’s Threat to Foxes

Daniel Hannan Open primaries, scrapping the FSA: page by page, The Plan is becoming official Conservative policy


19th July 2009

Tom Harris Yes, Labour can win again ー and on its own

Jonathan Fryer Blair Should Not Be EU President

Mark Wadsworth Bloody Hell, that was quick

John Redwood Very Old Labour


18th July 2009

Gladstone Bag A new party!

England Expects The Hairy Moneyball strikes again

Our Kingdom Real Change? Problems and Possibilities

Letters From A Tory Facebook should be illegal


17th July 2009

Hopi Sen Forward with Macmillanite radicalism!

Dizzy Thinks A different approach in support of marriage tax breaks

Iain Dale Jacqui Smith Interview: 'I Want My Cabinet Job Back'

Liberal Democrat Voice Lib Dem Michael Moore’s Tory opponent quits contest


16th July 2009

Grimmerupnorth No more stich ups for Blair.

Daniel Hannan Did Tony Blair buy the EU presidency with British taxpayers' money?

Agent Orange Most interesting defection ever?

Derek Bennett A plague of politicians.


15th July 2009

EU Referendum Danse macabre

MacUaid An Interview with Tony Benn

Cicero's Songs A question of judgement

Decline of the Logos The Bubbling Sewer of Westminster


14th July 2009

Peter Kenyon Pesky Labour Party expectations: accounts with an auditor

Liberal Conspiracy Fit to work, but can’t work

Letters From A Tory Quote of the day

Mark Reckons Lame Duck Government Syndrome


13th July 2009

Paul Waugh Who's right on helicopters? Brown or Cameron?

Liberal Conspiracy Why do people get involved in politics?

Bridget’s Blog Low earners continue to lose out under Labour

Independence Home Asking The Question


12th July 2009

Lord Toby Harris Bill Keegan gets it right on public spending and cuts

Agent Orange Rennie could be in trouble

Derek Bennett Helping Glen

David Jones, MP Gone bananas


11th July 2009

A Fistful Of Euros Who Said Economists Didn’t See The Crisis Coming?

Cobden's Comments An enlightening tale on the stupidity of Government intervention.

Burke's Corner A haunting vision the curse of the French Revolution

Samizdata.net The media and the British police state


10th July 2009

Lords of the Blog Partial good news

Matthew Taylor Schools without boundaries

LabourList Is it time for Labour to adopt open primaries across the board?


9th July 2009

CentreRight Hague warns of "Herculean effort" to win election

Charlotte Gore If In Doubt, Simplest Argument Wins…

Liberal Democrat Voice Nick Clegg – Afghanistan: We’re asking our troops to do the impossible

Conor's Commentary Cameron must sack Coulson


8th July 2009

Next Left AJ for PR

Libertarian Party Greens Seek A Pact With the Cons/LibDems/Labour

Ranting Stan The fragile "recovery"

Liberal Bureaucracy MP expenses - it ain't over until the fat lady self-assesses


7th July 2009

Guido Fawkes Jonathan Djanogly’s Agent Resigns Ahead of Constituency Meeting

Hopi Sen No Bonfires for David.

Liberal Democrat Voice Brian Coleman in “mad, bad and sad” expenses smokescreen

Independence Home The Europhile Delusion


6th July 2009

Tom Watson Conservatives: Outsource your medical records to Microsoft

Lords of the Blog Bills, Bills, Bills

Derek Bennett The Law on Treaties

Jonathan Fryer Sweden’s EU Presidency


5th July 2009

Dizzy Thinks Brown briefs against Johnson - hacks lap it up.

Blood & Treasure airbridges to everywhere

Liberal Revolution I’m getting hacked off at the BBC


4th July 2009

Liam Murray Would two letters make any difference to the argument?

NightHawk How long will you live?

Caron's Musings Another humiliating climb down for Labour?


3rd July 2009

Derek Bennett The truth about compulsory ID cards.

Liberal Conspiracy Tory machine making excuses for second jobs

The Wardman Wire TheyWorkForYou.com overhauled by MySociety: Extends back to 1935

Stumbling and Mumbling Government & forecasting


2nd July 2009

Iain Dale Did Mr Speaker Leak His Own Statement to the BBC?

Peter Kenyon Labour's NEC - a broken reed?

Liberal Democrat Voice Norwich North: could Labour finish fourth?

IndependenceHome Why I believe UKIP has a truly unique position in British politics.


1st July 2009

Bob Piper Michael Martin isn't the problem, nor the solution

Cobdens Comments Tories to kill off private equity funds

Michael Meacher Building Britain's Future' - does it mean anything?

Stephen Allison Euro Critical Group in European Parliament launches

June 2009

30th June 2009

Man in a Shed Of course maybe Brown doesn't have to cut spending ...

Frank Field Dead in the Water

LabourList Manchester Lib Dems falling apart at the seams

LibCync Another Labour press release masquerading as news in the Guardian


29th June 2009

Letters From a Tory Quote of the day

Shot by Both Sides Last of the Gang to Die

Hopi Sen Building Labour’s Future

Liberal Democrat Voice Vince Cable – Our next test of courage: to cut public sector pensions


28th June 2009

CentreRight Why not hold by-elections a set time after the vacancy occurs?

HarpyMarx A4e: ‘more for greed, less for need’…

LabourList The new Parliament will look very different - and the younger the better

Cicero's Songs The Party's over


27th June 2009

Charlotte Gore Psychological Numbers

Paul Linford Who will clean up Parliament?

Dizzy Thinks Can't the Home Office do basic SQL and basic maths?


26th June 2009

Conor's Commentary Teaching the 3Rs

CentreRight The BBC (like much of the public sector) enjoys private sector pay AND public sector security

Liberal Conspiracy How Judge Eady went from press villain to hero


25th June 2009

Liberal Democrat Voice Brown’s five Iraq inquiry U-turns explained

Frank Field A Beating too Far

Bloggers4Ukip UKIP Peer Clashes With Government over EU Summit Statement

CentreRight The disastrous public finances: Call in the IMF


24th June 2009

Bob Piper We don't need a new New Labour

Tom Harris Doubts persist about Tories’ European allies

Steve Beasant Norman Baker calls upon Lord Mandy to be grilled in the House of Commons.

Raedwald Browns pernicious and malign bill.


23rd June 2009

Iain Dale Bercow is a Servant of the House, Not Its Master

Hopi Sen Cuts! Cuts! Cuts!

Liberal Democrat Voice What do you think of the Tories’ new European Conservatives and Reformists group?

Mark Wadsworth And this is just the 'A's


22nd June 2009

Labour of Love Czech Mates: Cameron's Euro Chess Ends In Prague Gambit

Anders Hanson Race for the Speaker: from hope to despair

Cranmer David Cameron’s new EU group is Catholic and Reformed Conservative and Reformist.


21st June 2009

Conor's Commentary Candour on spending is vital.

Gladstone Bag The desperate state of the Commons.

Independence Home Time’s Up, Auntie

J. Arthur MacNumpty The Sunday Whip


20th June 2009

LabourList Gordon talks about family and the future

Derek Bennett President Blair.

Agent Orange Police to investigate Brown donation

A Pint of Unionist Lite Blair impeachment fees pocketed by


19th June 2009

Man in a Shed Just answer the bloody question !

The Daily Maybe Salford Labour - doh!

LabourList Jim Devine and the desecration of Robin Cook's legacy

Daniel Hannan Brussels ayatollahs confirm "Yes" votes in referendums

Tom Harris ‘Order, order! Before Questions to the Prime Minister, I wish to read a message from our sponsor…’


18th June 2009

Washminster An Honourable Profession

The Wardman Wire Newspaper Licensing Agency to regulate its Customers use of Hyperlinks

Labour And Capital Another shareholder resolution - M&S

Bloggers4UKIP Last rights and EU regulations.


17th June 2009

Liberal Democrat Voice Lib Dems reveal civil servants paid £26m in bonuses

Caron's Musings Will Home Office offer hope for Chernobyl Children?

Stumbling and Mumbling Taking "our" jobs?

The Alternative Conservative Unemployment pains no sores!

Tom Harris What’s really going on in the Parliamentary Conservative Party?


16th June 2009

Guido Fawkes Best Idea for MPs’ Second Homes Crisis Solution

Skipper How Gordon has Been Weakened and Mandy Enthroned

Socialist Courier The poor get poorer.

Earthly Ideas Is broadband really as important as water?

Political News from Scotland Scottish Parliament motion salutes Mebyon Kernow success.


15th June 2009

Coffee House The Tories start to level with the public on cuts

Paul Flynn MPs know best

Freedom Central Fifty is the magic number

Paul Waugh Balls v Gove, a classic

Les Bonner Response from Nick Clegg to Iraq inquiry announcement


14th June 2009

Daniel Hannan More Europhile hypocrisy over the Conservatives and the EPP

Labourhome Tories twist and turn on Housing

Tom Harris Cut the calculations, invest in trust

Liberal Burblings If you read one thing today....

Bloggers4UKIP Ken Clarke lets the cat out of the bag


13th June 2009

Daily ReferendumTrust John Prescott to pour petrol on the fire - Milliband

Michael Meacher Royal Mail: a remission, but for how long?

Caron's Musings Loyalty, Miliband style as Blairites Plot and Blears Blubs


12th June 2009

LabourList Labour's Left puts Brown on probation under threat of a splinter

Skipper Are Cameron and Lansley the Only Mr 10 Per Cents?

Les Bonner Simon Hughes: Power to the people with a fair energy market

CentreRight Home education - the government casts aside another liberty


11th June 2009

Grimmer Up North Which Way Forward

Jailhouselawyer Prisoners to get vote in time for next General Election

The Daily (Maybe) North West figures: nerdsville

Ellee Seymour Sir Alan’s first task should be ….


10th June 2009

John Redwood Changing the voting system will not save the government

LabourList Electoral reform is all very well, but it won’t make a difference unless we empower the House of Commons itself

Cicero's Songs Why Liberal Democrats must resist temptation

Mark Wadsworth Spreadsheet of the week & related topical stuff


9th June 2009

Iain Dale Houdini Gordon Delights the Tories

Bob Piper Men in glass houses in stone throwing competition

LabourList "Speeches of a lifetime" must be given to the electorate, not stage-managed PLP meetings.

Freedom Central The five stages of Parliamentary Labour Party Grief

The Daily (Maybe) Considered analysis on the Euro results


8th June 2009

Frank Field Trust rather than trick voters

Liberal Democrat Voice Opinion: Time for a U-turn on Lisbon Treaty

Scots and Independent The Euro Political Map

Conservative Home Desperate Labour MP blames Tories for rise of BNP


7th June 2009

Dizzy Thinks June 8th to June 12th Browns final week?.

Harpy Marx Spineless warmongering cowards…but loyal

Labour And Capital Keynes on short/long-termism

Les Bonner We need to go and catch criminals, not hit targets says police chief

Big Brother Britain Individual liberty is stolen by the State


6th June 2009

Cranmer Women in politics - 'little more than window dressing'?

Bob Piper Get a grip, Gordon!

LabourList 80% of Labour members say the leadership has handled expenses crisis badly

Liberal Conspiracy The case against First Past the Post

J. Arthur MacNumpty The Beat Goes On

Bloggers4UKIP EU puts Dutch government in its place


5th June 2009

Iain Dale Ian Gibson Forces Norwich North By Election

Tom Watson Tom Watson MP: Resignation

CentreRight Blair's advice to political leaders

EU Referendum European democracy, eh?


4th June 2009

Daily Referendum James Purnell resigns

Liberal Democrat Voice Ending as I begun: unusual legal advice

Bloggers4UKIP UKIP preparing legal challenge to election result

Skipper Gordon Secure Short-term but his Long-term Still in Doubt


3rd June 2009

Bloggers 4 UKIP UKIP's immigration policy in layman's terms

LibCync Kevin Maguire says: "Brown could do worse than sign up to Clegg's agenda"

LabourList Jacqui Smith's resignation was leaked by Number 10 before she could tell Home Office staff she was leaving

Iain Dale PMQs: Brown Flounders, Cameron Scores & Clegg's on Fire (Again)

Westminster Blog Alistair Darling “is” doing a good job


2nd June 2009

The Wardman Wire the dangers of a shuffle

Tom Harris Let’s hear it for party politics

The Bright Stuff Why the Reshuffle is a Nightmare for Brown

Norfolk Blogger Dr Ian Gibson deselected by Labour


1st June 2009

John Redwood The MPC is careless about inflation

Liberal Democrat Voice CommentIsLinked@LDV: Vince Cable triple-bill

Man in a Shed Lib Dem leaflets - why do they do it ?

May 2009

31st May 2009

Labourhome Brown to make Balls Chancellor

Skipper Two Observations About the Current State of British Politics

Liberal Burblings Observer says vote Liberal Democrat

Is there more to life than shoes? Bring on the clowns


30th May 2009

Dizzy Thinks Prescott shoots the messenger.

Iain Dale Who Will Be Brave Enough to Commit to Abolishing Barnett?

Labourhome Jowell calls for open primaries

Liberal Conspiracy Parliamentary reform: What would Tom Paine do?


29th May 2009

John Redwood More power to the people

Labour of Love Cash For Questions: The Gal to Take Salford For Tories?

Cranmer How should MPs address ‘dishonourable’ members?

Liberal Democrat Voice How well is Cameron dealing with MPs’ expenses?

The Devil's Kitchen MPs' Expenses: A Witch Hunt?


28th May 2009

Labour Home Jowell calls for open primaries

Liberal Conspiracy Where is Middle Britain?

Lords of the Blog A Hereditary Peer By-election

Tom Harris Why do Tories dislike John Bercow?

CentreRight No more cuddly capitalism


27th May 2009

Paul Waugh Margaret Moran on death row

Daniel Hannan I'd rather be known as a blogger than an MEP

Conor's Commentary Would Cameron really let go in no 10

Liberal Democrat Voice Those Lib Dem donation figures in full (Q1, 2009)


26th May 2009

Dizzy Thinks Some other idea for parliament.

Labourhome Constitutional Reform

Guido Fawkes New Left-Wing Pressure Group Supports MP Recall

Bob Piper Why no mention of the real redistribution of power?

Cranmer The Speaker’s electoral immunity must end

LabourList Why has Cameron been allowed to take the initiative on reform?


25th May 2009

Iain Dale How Can We Revive Parliament?

Samizdata Keeping them out of touch

Liberal Revolution Leyton Lib Dems should go on the attack on ACA

Bob Piper Arguments for Democracy


23rd May 2009

Michael Meacher We're still letting the banks off the hook

IndependenceHome Time For Change?

CentreRight Nadine Dorries

Man in a Shed Standard and Poor's warning is for the Conservative party


22nd May 2009

Skipper Steen Says it All re MPs' Expenses

John Redwood Grappling with debt

Liberal Democrat Voice Papering over the crack of the elephant in the room

Peter Kenyon Labour government reshuffle - what's the holdup?


21st May 2009

CentreRight What next?

Labour of Love Lib Dem CEO Lord Rennard: Double Your Money N Try to Get Rich

Iain Dale Don't Expect a Quick Count in London

Bob Piper End this political careerism


20th May 2009

Benedict Brogan Dead chipmunk walking. Or not.

Frank Field We are all reformers now

Liberal Burblings "Labour Chief Whip" says there'll be a summer election?

Bloggers4UKIP David Cameron Running Scared of UKIP ?


19th May 2009

Labourlist 62% say Brown should go; 38% would support Johnson

CentreRight David Cameron should take on the European issue now

Tom Harris The race is on

SNP Tactical Voting Will Cameron's petition backfire?

John Redwood The Speaker departs


May 18th 2009

Labourhome Expenses: Letter to the NEC

Tom Harris Will there even be a vote?

Daniel Hannan Stand not upon the order of your going, Michael Martin, but go at once

Liberty Alone Expenses - its the political class

Cranmer Speaker Martin is the outward and visible sign of an inward and invisible disgrace


May 17th 2009

Daily Referendum Speaker Michael Martin 3/1 to go before General Election.

Conor's Comments The Speaker must go.

Freedom Central Restoring our trust in democracy.

Bloggers4UKIP Democracy - What Future?


May 16th 2009

Liberal Democrat Voice Expenses - where did it all begin?

Hopi Sen It just gets worse and worse…

Andrew Allison Honour in politics

IndependenceHome Could UKIP be sitting with Geert Wilders’ party in the next European Parliament?


May 15th 2009

John Redwood The Speaker - again

Liberal England House Points: The worst Speaker of modern times

Tom Harris Sensitive little flowers might want to avert their eyes now

North to Leith Bigger than most


May 14th 2009

Daniel Hannan Why would anyone want to become an MP?

Labourlist Elliot Morley suspended from PLP - but chief whip knew of his wrongdoing a week ago

Liberal Conspiracy Gordon Brown is incapable of leadership


May 13th 2009

Liberal England Has Hazel Blears signed away her political career?

Lords of the Blog A plague on both your houses

Peter Kenyon MPs expenses: Labour Party grassroots versus headlines


May 12th 2009

Man in a Shed How much do you earn ?

Bloggers4UKIP UKIP Leadership to Unveil New Billboard Campaign

The Daily Maybe Stopped clock right twice a day shocker


May 11th 2009

John Redwood Cut to the bone? The public wasteline is still expanding.

Skipper-Debating the Expenses Issue


May 9th 2009

Iain Dale - Shamelessness of Margaret Moran


May 8th 2009

Martin Bright - The Real Significance of the Telegraph Story


May 7th 2009

Paul Waugh - Liam Byrne on the McBride Affair, Coulson and "Reptiles"


May 6th 2009

Iain Dale - Draper Leaves Labourlist

Cobden's Comment - Now We Will Work Until 70


May 5th 2009

Burning Our Money - Cycling to Disaster

Labour Home - Hazel Blears and New Media Campaigning

March 2009

March 5th 2009

Iain Dale - Tories Leave the EPP


February 2009

January 2009

December 2008

December 16th 2008

John Redwood - Why Another 7 Billion Pounds of Taxpayer Obligation?

Guido Fawkes - Darling Lets Cat Out of the Bag


December 3rd 2008

Iain Dale - Michael Martin's Statement Poses More Questions

Boulton and Co - Jill Pay and 12 Unanswered Questions


December 2nd 2008

John Redwood - Sterling is Warning the Government


November 2008

November 19th 2008

John Redwood - Controlling Public Spending and Borrowing


November 17th 2008

Tom Harris - Child Welfare v Dogma


November 16th 2008

Kevin Maguire - Feeling Sorry for George Osborne


November 14th 2008

Guido Fawkes - Gordon Brown Worst PM For Pensions


November 11th 2008

Labour Boy - The Spectator Awards - Are They For Real?


November 6th 2008

Blue Blog - Lincoln, Luther King and Obama

John Redwood - Late and Dangerous Turn by the MPC

Lib Dem Voice - Our Man in Chicago


November 5th 2008

Order Order - Not Nihilistic, Realistic

EU Referendum - They Never Give Up


November 2nd 2008

Iain Dale - Congo, Time for France to Redeem Itself

October 2008

October 30th 2008

Letters From a Tory - Labour's Latest Stealth Tax on Motorists - Will they ever stop?

October 25th 2008

John Redwood - It's Not All Going to Plan Chancellor


October 24th 2008

Iain Dale - Mandelson Must Make Full Disclosure


October 12th 2008

Tom Harris - From Ministerial Mondeo to Back Benches


October 11th 2008

John Redwood - The Market Rout Continues


October 10th 2008

Guido Fawkes - Gordon's Big Government

Iain Dale - Minister Says Icelandic Investors Are Entitled to Their Money


October 9th 2008

Labour Home - Appeal For the Future of Tribune


October 8th 2008

John Redwood - Wow - What a Package


October 7th 2008

Daily Referendum - Department of Work and Pensions Spend on Taxis


October 5th 2008

Iain Dale - Shadow Cabinet Musical Chairs

Chris Whiteside - Did Channel 4 Break the Law?

Iain Dale - Chaos in Zimbabwe


October 4th 2008

Tom Harris - The Call - Sacked by Gordon Brown


October 3rd 2008

John Redwood - Dealing With the BBC

Three Line Whip - Geoff Hoon Reluctant to Fill Peter Mandelson's Shoes

Dizzy Thinks - That London Councillor Who Lives in Australia

Paul Waugh - The Strange Death of the Duchy of Lancaster


October 2nd 2008

Guido Fawkes - Newsnight is a Shambles

September 2008

September 30th 2008

Norfolk Blogger - Norwich Banker's Murder


September 29th 2008

John Redwood - That's Another Fine Mess

Recess Monkey - Tory Conference Round-Up


September 20th 2008

Guido Fawkes - Since You Asked

Devil's Kitchen - That's a Brave Stance


September 19th 2008

John Redwood - What Can Regulation Do Now?

John Redwood - That Was the Week That Was


September 18th 2008

Recess Monkey - Cameron Sends Wonk Into Enemy Camp


September 12th 2008

Nadine Dorries - All Above Board


September 11th 2008

Spectator - An Alternative to the Barnett Formula


September 10th 2008

Dave's Part - Harriet Harman Says the C Word


September 9th 2008

Recess Monkey - Who is the Enterprise Forum?

Luke Akehurst - Here We Go Again, In Defence of All-Women's Shortlists


September 8th 2008

John Redwood - Another Day Another Stunning Bail Out

Paul Linford - The State of MSM Blogosphere


September 7th 2008

Emma Warman - What is Happening to Our Data?

Devil's Kitchen - Two UKIP Memes

John Redwood - What Do You Get for 10,000 Pounds a Year?


September 6th 2008

Iain Dale - Lib Dems Sued for 632,000 Pounds

Guido Fawkes - Polly - Get Rid of Brown


September 5th 2008

Norfolk Blogger - Why Are Tories so Politically Blinded about Palin?


September 4th 2008

Iain Dale - Top 100 Political Blogs


August 2008

August 30th 2008

Guido Fawkes - Osborne- Is Darling or Brown Telling the Truth?


August 29th 2008

John Redwood - When Will the Government ask the Bank to Fight the Recession?


August 27th 2008

Dizzy Thinks - So Much For Listening


August 28th 2008

Guido Fawkes - US Growth 3.3%, UK Growth 0.0%


August 22nd 2008

John Redwood - Fuel Poverty and Tax Poverty


August 21st 2008

Iain Dale - Know Your Place Says Polly


August 20th 2008

Dizzy Thinks - Have Downing Street Put Anonymous Security Officer at Risk?


August 19th 2008

Guido Fawkes - Gold Medal for John Major

Ben Brogan - In Praise of Alan Duncan


August 18th 2008

Guido Fawkes - Coulson Cawte Out Over New Spelman Expenses Fiddle

Cassilis - Think Tank Round-Up Week Ended 15th August


August 17th 2008

Guido Fawkes - She Didn't Get the MP's Job

Paul Linford - To Reshuffle or Not to Reshuffle

Iain Dale - Georgia - How it Happened

Burning Our Money - The Public the Public Don't Want

Political Betting - Will Cameron Sack Spelman?


August 16th 2008

John Redwood - Devaluation not such an Easy Option

Iain Dale - The Any Question's Experience


August 15th 2008

Peter Black - Busted Scheme


August 14th 2008

Havering On - Health and Safety Strike Again

Guido Fawkes - Gordon is Not Writing a Book


August 13th 2008

Iain Dale - When Thinking the Unthinkable Goes Wrong

Mike Rouse - 10 Downing Street Website on Wordpress

Norfolk Blogger - Food is a Right


August 12th 2008

Lib Dem Voice - Labour's Back to Work Policies Won't Work

UK Polling Report - SNP Storm Ahead in Scotland]


August 11th 2008

Guido Fawkes - Labour's Wage Slave Hypocrisy

Norfolk Blogger - Is ITV News Run by Russians?


August 10th 2008

Burning Our Money - Tories Eye Simple Shopper


August 9th 2008

Andy Howell - Brownites vs New Blairites?


August 4th 2008

Iain Dale - What Michael Gove Didn't Say


August 3rd 2008

Guido Fawkes - Who Leaked Blair's Memo?


August 2nd 2008

Indigo Public Affairs - Defection Round-Up


August 1st 2008

Recess Monkey - Cut Out That Metaphor

Nick Robinson - Testing the Water


July 2008

July 30th 2008

Guido Fawkes - Guardian Lost 264 Million Last Year

Iain Dale - July Political Performance Poll


July 29th 2008

Harry's Place - Making a Mockery of Anti-Discrimination

Boris Johnson - Gordon Brown's Future

Guido Fawkes - Clegg Does Realpolitik


July 28th 2008

Spectator - More Than Political Paranoia


July 27th 2008

LabourHome - Campaign For a Fourth Term, Not a Fourth Leader

Guido Fawkes - Sleazy Speaker Sunday Special


July 26th 2008

Daily Telegraph - Sir Malcolm Rifkind - I Feel Sympathy for Backbench Labour MPs


July 24th 2008

Iain Dale - Glasgow Aftermath - How to Read the Runes

ConservativeHome - Cameron Calls For General Election

LabourHome - Why Brown's Fate Should Not Depend on Glasgow East


July 23rd 2008

Guido Fawkes - Obama's Empty 14 Moments


July 22nd 2008

Ellee Seymour - Remembering Anne Frank


July 21st 2008

Iain Dale - Meet the Most Anti-Gay MP in the House of Commons

Guido Fawkes - Gordon's Undeclared Donations

John Redwood - The EU and Zimbabwe Abandon Democracy


July 20th 2008

John Redwood - We Need More Practical Greenery and Not More Taxes


July 19th 2008

Guido Fawkes - The Sith Suffered a Defeat

Recess Monkey - Are You Mad For It?


July 18th 2008

Cassilis - Think Tank Round-Up 18

Bloggerheads - Nadine Dorries

Plattitude - How to Lose 11,000 Pounds Without Noticing


July 17th 2008

Coffee House - A Bumper Pack of Brownies


July 16th 2008

Lancaster Unity - Former Burnley BNP Councillor in Court


July 15th 2008

Guido Fawkes - Glasgow East Labour Fakes

Daily Referendum - Labour's Margaret Curran


July 14th 2008

Evening Standard - Cameron to Promote Women in Reshuffle


July 13th 2008

ConservativeHome - New Conservative Party Chairman


July 12th 2008

Political Betting - Why Didn't the Greens Hover up the Anti-Tory Votes?

Liberal Conspiracy - This Week's Think Tank RoundUp

Paul Linford - All Quiet on the Barnett Front


July 11th 2008

Our Kingdom - BBC Total Shambles at David Davis Count

Iain Dale - Why David Davis Won't be a Liberty Tsar

Cassilis - What David Davis Did and Didn't Achieve


July 10th 2008

Guido Fawkes - Andrew Rosindell Googling Himself


July 9th 2008

Daniel Hannan - European Parliament Bars Euro-Sceptic Groups

Red Box - Tomorrow's Labour Fundraiser


July 7th 2008

Iain Dale - Breaking the Chipmunk Code

Guido Fawkes - So What is Gordon Eating Today?


July 6th 2008

Biased BBC - Glasgow East Missing Facts


July 5th 2008

Iain Dale - Ray Lewis Resignation

Paul Linford - Two Fingers to the Electorate (David Clelland)


July 4th 2008

Liberal Democrat Voice - Clegg Pushes Ahead on Expenses Reform


July 3rd 2008

Guido Fawkes - MPs Voting Against Auditing Expenses


July 1st 2008

Guido Fawkes - Bankrupting the Guardian


June 2008

June 30th 2008

ConservativeHome - Do You Want to be a Conservative MP?

Lynne Featherstone's Blog - Tory Boys Throw Toys Out of Pram


June 29th 2008

ConservativeHome - The Big Beasts

Iain Dale - June Political Performance Index

Guido Fawkes - Indy owner Profits From Mugabe Advertising


June 27th 2008

Norfolk Blogger - Why I Am Banned From Directgov FreeThink