Another Manic Monday

Overheard in the Imperial bar, Blackpool, was a woman with the poshest voice ever declaring, "I live in the poorest part of London. There are single mothers EVERYWHERE."
On a related note is this article by Decca Aitkenhead on George Osborne (hat tip Skuds), which contradicts the view that Boy George is just a privileged toff whose knowledge of how the other half lives is confined to the occasional episode of Upstairs, Downstairs. Oh, how wrong we were: Osborne exclusively reveals that at school he occasionally rubbed shoulders with chaps not directly related to the Queen. Hope you had a bath and a stiff drink after those horrific encounters, George.
Simon Hoggart's sketch on Bojo's Conference address yesterday.
The Warsi BNP row rumbles on with Dave weighing in to support his beleaguered race advisor.
Iain Dale writes another list: this time, the top 100 most influential people on the right. Anyone want to take a bet that Dale's name won't be in the top ten? Anyone?
Two thirds of Britons want a referendum on the EU Treaty according to a YouGov poll in today's Telegraph.
Back to Dale who dangles a tantalising bit of gossip before his hungry readers: which Labour figure did an, er, Asti Spumanti in the back of a Bournemouth cab last week and had to pay the taxi driver £50 to clean it up? The suspect list, to put it mildly, must be a long one.
Nadine Dorries MP is writing for the Spectator Coffee House blog this week. Expect to learn a lot more than you ever wanted to about the Life And Times of Nadine Dorries.