Culture Secretary Andy Burnham has hinted that the Government will one day increase its hold over the Internet, particularly in the ways in which it censors the content that younger people have access to. In his dream for our online future, the boundaries between television and the Internet will become… read more…

If mayoral candidate Boris Johnson had a theme tune, what would it be? We haven't actually got an answer, by the way. Well, we were going to list a series of popular songs that dealt with the themes of embarrassment and stupidity, but that meant all kinds of pesky… read more…

It's like Spitting Image never went away. Following Michael Gove's recent eulogy on Tony Blair, the Chingford skinhead himself has come out of retirement, taken Gove round the corner and knocked his silly head in: It was Blair who introduced uncontrolled, unmeasured immigration of people determined not to integrate, but… read more…

The Prime Minister is plummeting in the polls. The government is seen as encroaching on civil liberties. So, two weeks into a new year "relaunch" seeking to revive his political fortunes, how does Gordon Brown want you to start out your Sunday morning? Naturally, by reading an op-ed in today's… read more…

Westmonster is almost flush with regret over this post, in which we spoke out on behalf of the British blogosphere bloviating on the U.S. presidential election in the face of Guido's criticism. Case in point: Iain Dale has opened a comment thread asking readers to predict the outcome of tonight's… read more…