Jacqui Smith is appearing before the Home Affairs Select Committee today, and it looks like she has two über-fun topics to chat about:So, why 42? It's something Westmonster and many others have wondered, not least the copyright holders of The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy, as well as the chief… read more…

We missed this yesterday, but Chris Paul didn't: George Galloway's Respect Bunfight, sorry, Coalition, has got its very own loans scandal, according to this story in the East London Advertiser. Galloway is using it for his own ends as part of the continuing internal catfight at Respect, arguing that he… read more…

QUESTION: When is investigation and comment regarding donations to political parties that may be breaking the rules deemed to be an "unhealthy obession" and "attempted smear"? ANSWER: When the questions that are being asked relate to those who bankroll the Conservatives rather than the Labour Party. Like, duh!… read more…

More grim news for the Gord came with the Telegraph's YouGov poll, which put the Tories on 43 (up two) with the comrades on 32 and the LibDems on 14 (both no change). The UK Polling Report sounds a note of caution about getting too Private Fraser ("we're all doomed.… read more…

Martin Bright's got a post on his blog about the lamentations of the Gord, and it ain't pretty reading: The trouble for Brown is that when the poison starts to eat at the government's reputation it has a retrospective effect, seeping back to corrode even past triumphs. People are beginning… read more…

Okay, we got fed up of the endless pictures of Eyebrows and the Gord so we opted for a picture of these lovely ladies instead. The tenuous link? Well, if England lose the football tonight, expect the feel-bad factor (when translated in the opinon polls) to produce some most depressing… read more…

As reported by the Independent, Brown hopes that his announcement on how he plans to combat climate change will put him back in control of the agenda in the wake of (more) bad news from YouGov. Last week's attempt to make a land-grab from Cameron's crew was undermined somewhat by… read more…

Westmonster has just got back from the weekly shopping run and has reached the conclusion that whilst the nanny state is not a good thing, it may well be a necessary evil. Just look at what goes on in a state of nature (or "Tesco's" as it's sometimes known) for… read more…

So, we confess that we've been getting a little obsessed with the story of the bloke who was hauled up before the beak for being caught making sweet, sweet love to his bicycle - what can we say? The midlife crisis is a terrible thing. Nonetheless, there are things that Westmonster… read more…

Although the Queen will be delivering her speech in a slightly posher accent than the bloke who wrote it, many have been pointing out that the contents will probably sound remarkably similar. In July the Gord gave his pre-Queen's Speech to the assembled Chamber in which he outlined many of his… read more…