There's a cracking piece in the Speccie this morning about how the Conway affair is really, really, really bad for the Tories and their soft lead. It finishes with this reference to Andy Coulson: In a briefing to the Tory front bench in December, Andy Coulson, Mr Cameron’s excellent communications… read more…

Nick Robinson has an interesting point to make about the accession of James Murdoch to the News Corp. media high command in Europe - it might not play out well for Brown. Murdoch senior has been, by all accounts, a fan of Gordon Brown for some time, admiring his work… read more…

Well, the Gord came roaring out of the sidings, running over the body of former General Secretary Peter Watt (RIP) in the process. Heh: greater love hath no man man than this, that a man lay down his career for his superiors and take the negative briefing from "senior Labour sources"… read more…

Westmonster is kicking herself at not keeping a running tally of how many times Brown used the word "vision." The Gord entered from behind the curtain, glowered around the room, and took the first question on - predictably - the General Election (Lack Therof) Bill 2007. Brown stared down Boulton (for it… read more…