Polls, kings, and flouncing

Polling horror alert! Today's ComRes poll for the Independent has Dave on eight points ahead of the Gord on 41, and the Liberals up one on 16. Analysis from the UK Pollling Report here.
The Guardian gets hot under the collar at the visit of Saudi leader King Abdullah, implying that some of the more unsavoury approaches of His Maj's regime can be cheerfully ignored as long as one keeps one's eye on the main issue: namely, the fact that British exports to Saudi Arabia come to about £4.4bn annually.
Then again, there is nothing that makes Westmonster consider reviewing her opinion of a man so much as hearing Robert Fisk denounce him.
God, some people have no sense of humour. There you are, leader of the second largest party in British politics, you're at a cushy little fundraiser, and you think "I know what, I'll slip in a gag about disabled lezzers to break the ice," and suddenly - for some reason - you find yourself on the wrong end of a diplomatic incident. It's PeeCee gawn maaaad!
Sarkozy throws a flounce.
Hopi Sen hears Cameron's platitudes about "planning population growth" and is all, "a rose... wait, scrub that: a dog turd by any other name would smell as rancid."

Compass MPs Jon Cruddas and Jon Trickett have a stark message for the Gord. Yeah, okay, we're taking the piss.
"Pay as you throw" rubbish plans are back on the agenda, after being shelved last week. Heh. You throw the policy in, the policy out; in, out, in, out, you shake it all about! You do another U-turn and you turn around, that's what Government's all about!
Mr Eugenides quotes Rudy Guiliani "On Liberty" in 1994, presumably when he thought nobody was listening.
James Purnell is still haunted by the ghost of Photoshop-gate.