"Women voters have ended their ten-year love affair with Labour and are switching to the Tories." The Daily Mail, as ever, has the inside track on what's going through the ladies' minds. Apparently, it's this: "What does approval rating mean?" Because the article explains it. Also, children think Cammers is… read more…

Basra's been returned to the Iraqis, although British didn't keep the receipt so all it got was a credit note. Nick Clegg's already planning his team, while Chris Huhne is busy stamping out web fires by picking on bloggers. Tories try the "Brown is Scrooge" tack again, this time claiming… read more…

The PM paid a surprise visit to Basra yesterday. He's giving the province back to the Iraqis. In time for Christmas!However, he seems to have stolen Christmas from pensioners, says the Daily Mail. And he might also be planning to take binge drinking away from us too. Want to know… read more…

Quiet isn't it? In the early stages of the noughties, venturing in the direction of Tesco to pick up a bottle of sweet sherry after dark at this time of year was like going shopping in Basra. Fireworks would explode either side as you ran the gauntlet of lit gunpowder,… read more…