Despite his resignation and campaign against the controversial 42 Day detention plans, the good people over at Politics Home have cobbled together some stats that reveal David Davis's staunch rebellion has been less than successful in swaying the public mindset. Or, as they put it: 'a total failure.' Careful… read more…

The U.S. Government has stated that it won't recognise the results of Friday's presidential election run-off in Zimbabwe. BBC. The Conservatives have reached another twenty year high in the polls. The Guardian. A Government-commissioned report has concluded that Britain is ill-prepared for a new flooding crisis. The Telegraph. Council workers… read more…

It has been said that Labour 'can still win the next election'. The Guardian. The NHS has claimed that the public are in favour of the government's proposed 'polyclinic' scheme. The Guardian. New rules regarding the number of skilled migrants allowed to work in the UK are to be announced… read more…

Commentators have been calling it the 'May Day Massacre', and it isn't hard to see why: nationwide elections have officially thrust a stake into the heart of the New Labour dream. Like a child burying a deceased pet gerbil, it's time to close the lid of the shoebox, assemble… read more…

If there's one thing that Gordon Brown must hate right now - other than the grinning spectre of Tony Blair swirling around his bed, laughing like a nightmarish Dickensian omen - it's polls and reports. Actually, that's two things. But you know what we mean. Every time a new… read more…

Latest polls forecast big losses for Labour of up for 200 council seats in England and Wales. The Guardian. A family who dialled 999 after axe brandishing masked raiders entered their house were told by police that they were 'too busy' to come and help. The Times. Interest rates in… read more…

Quick note to any lefties out there who are a little dismayed with Boris Johnson's poll lead: imagine how your Italian counterparts must feel. Not only did the nation decide to re-elect notorious right-winger Silvio Berlusconi this month - a move which provoked much international forehead-slapping - but now… read more…

How Britons watched the 2000 US Presidential election with amazement and incredulity. Confusion? Hanging chads? Recounts? Voters being omitted? That could never happen on this glorious island, surely? Why, Westmonster would place bets that we could remove all sorts of electoral regulations and the process would still be completely… read more…

As if the upcoming US Presidential Election wasn't providing enough excitement already, Westmonster is proud to announce that we have had the good fortune of discovering a riveting website that allows you to make your very own finger puppets of the three main Candidates. And for free, no less. Maybe… read more…

Boris Johnson, Ken Livingstone and Brian Paddick have all released their campaign videos on Youtube. Westmonster had a quick gander and discovered some interesting contrasts: Boris Johnson comes across as more Boris Karloff in his video. Shot in a rather sober black and white to show us the 'serious' side… read more…

Gordon Brown hasn't been having an easy time of late - he's had to put with up talk of an economic meltdown, persistent lagging in the opinion polls and all sorts of general indications that he might not be all that popular. And now it looks like his own… read more…

There are certain things you just shouldn't say. If you're an airline pilot, for instance, it's probably not for the best if you flick on the intercom and share your woe about your cataracts playing up. Likewise, if you're in the running as an electoral candidate, it could well… read more…

Where would the world of politics be without arbitrary opinion polls? Probably concentrating on things like 'policies' or 'strategies' or 'ideas on how to save us from upcoming economic meltdown'. And, seriously - who'd want that? Let's turn our gaze to a new meedja-friendly survey, then, which claims that… read more…

It's been a bad week for Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg. He provoked sniggers, nicknames like 'Commons Casanova' and predictable outrage from the Daily Mail when he claimed in a GQ interview to have slept with around 30 women before meeting his wife (which, to be fair, sounds like… read more…

So world's most popular man Robert Mugabe has finally conceded defeat, and is apparently looking for ways to save his sorry backside, including attempted immunity deals and other such guarantees. Here's a bitesite scan of what various meeja outlets have to say: Laying down the cards: The Guardian What's… read more…