Happy Halloween!

If this doesn't scare you nothing will: final proof that Rudy Giuliani does actually eat babies. Fact.
The LibDems' poll ratings are improving - they are up four on 18% according to an ICM poll for the Guardian. Bad news for the comrades, though: down one on 35, whilst the Conservatives also go down a point but remain ahead at 40.
Half of new jobs go to migrants, according to new report.
After weeks of Lord ~~Vader~~ Ashcroft hawking himself around the papers explaining that he's actually a one-man trade union, the talks on party funding have broken down because the Tories didn't want to cap the vast influence of the Dark Lord.
David Cameron plans to take King Abdullah to task on Saudi sponsored extremist literature on sale in British mosques.
The Independent with the story of how George Bush offered the Tonemeister the opportunity of an eleventh hour reprieve over going to war with Iraq. Apparently Blair retorted: "stop your jibber-jabber you crazy fool! Bombs away!"
Ben Brogan on the interleckshual stylings of Michael Gove yesterday. Freemania remains unmoved by the fawning accolade on the part of the Govester's ex-Oxford chums.

Iain Dale with an interesting post on MPs' Communication Allowance and how it contributes to the incumbency factor; take care to skim over the bit where he asks you to feel for poor wickle Louise "Carpet" Bagshaw, folks. It's far too early in the morning for either The Rage or the contemplation of the musings of vacuous bandwagon-jumpers (Bagshaw, not Dale).
The Devil's Kitchen has his own idea about the Tories' Halloween poster which can be viewed here. Warning: probably not work-safe, nor for those who object to extreme descriptions of lady-bits.
We don't like women much, says Torygraph.
A grateful nation thanks Mad Nad Dorries for the heads-up, and collectively wanders off to put the kettle on at 7.30am sharp.