So, is the resurrection of a clause giving Ministers the powers to change Parliamentary Acts in the draft constitutional reform bill cock-up or conspiracy? The text revives a clause which was successfully lobbied out of the 2006 Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act, having been originally flagged by Tim Worstall. This… read more…

Austin Mitchell, National Treasure and Labour MP for Grimsby - and Chair of the Council Housing Group of MPs - rips into new Housing Minister Caroline Flint on his site today. Flint's extraordinary assertion that you should have to be "looking for work" to get access to social housing is,… read more…

Does El Gordo have a constitutional get out of jail card, and is it called PR? They may just be kite-flying, but the Indy this morning has a speculative piece saying that Jack Straw's Ministry of Justice will this week set out options for replacing Westminster's first-past-the-post system. No other… read more…

Simon Walters in the Mail is claiming that Blair Stalking Horse (TM) David Miliband tried to stop Muslim peers rescuing the teddy bear teacher from a Sudanese jail. Gist of the story is that the Foreign Office didn't want to rock the boat and argued she was getting out in… read more…

Okay, so what have we missed with this Mail on Sunday article entitled "Exclusive: Labour to launch inquiry into SECOND donor scandal"? We've read it through twice and as far as we can see it should actually be headed with "Nothing to see here, folks. Man who's entitled to legally… read more…

The Sundays are a bit of a mixed bag this morning. Obviously Diskgate continues to get commentary but seeing as everyone's getting a bit fed up with "Killer Disks Still At Large: No Change Here Folks" style headlines, perhaps it would be more interesting to look at the effect the… read more…

There's no consistent "top story" this morning but, frankly, we never tire of this picture. Anyway, a couple of the papers are reporting that the Tories' are planning to unveil a policy that ensures that all children can read by age six. Cool. Less happy news for the comrades comes… read more…

The main story seems to be the Observer's front page which outlines the Conservative and Unionist Party's plans to strip Scottish politicians of the right to vote on English laws. Guess what folks? The Gord is, like, Scottish! OMG! This devilishly cunning and subtle plan is being spearheaded by Sir Malcolm Rifkind… read more…

Dull day in the Sundays today - presumably because everyone was settling down for a pint of mild and bitter in front of the rugby last night. The major stories seem to be Chris Huhne and Nick Clegg breaking out the lightsabers over the LibDem leadership, and mutterings from the… read more…

Unsurprisingly the Sundays have had a bit of a last minute re-draft and are full of the PM's decision to call off a snap election. This has coincided with the YouGov poll that puts the Tories three points ahead, with the comrades dropping five points to 38. The Observer… read more…