Downing Street has been forced to deny accusations that Gordon Brown 'ducked' a vote on the reform of MPs expenses. According to his Tory enemies, Brown went 'AWOL' on the determinant vote, which, if passed, would have scrapped the controversial second home allowance. Instead, all that's really changed is… read more…

Liberty leader Shami Chakribarti has excelled herself in terms of self-righteousness by accusing Culture Secretary Andy Burnham of launching a smear campaign against her. Burnham made a couple of vaguely-sarcastic, fairly ill-advised remarks concerning the relationship between Chakribatri and MP David Davis - previously political polar opposites who had… read more…

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…

Pity the poor BBC. As if last year's scandal over the Blue Peter cat wasn't bad enough, they're now facing the very real chance that they may have to share their resources with rivals. The proposal has been submitted to the House Of Lords communication committee by Culture Secretary… read more…

Britain's surveillance society — love it or hate it — has, at the very least, had a plausible justification: the notion that tons of cameras and CCTV might infringe somewhat on privacy, but would keep our streets safer and stop terrorists. Westmonster may not agree with that justification, but at… read more…

Here comes the A Team. According to Times, Hannibal Brown is going to push some talented people into the spotlight: Mr Purnell, 37, Ed Balls, 40, his wife Yvette Cooper, 37, Mr Burnham 38, David Miliband 42, his brother Ed, 37, Ruth Kelly 39, and Douglas Alexander, 40, will be… read more…

The story so far: A good week in the polls for Labour after their Conference ratcheted up speculation on a snap election, to the point that everyone just assumed it was going to happen. Gorgeous, brooding Gordon Brown - ably assisted by his brilliant coterie of young advisors - was… read more…