"Hello, I'm here from your local Labour Party. Have you got time to answer five, quick questions or do you just want to cut to the chase and shout at me for five minutes about "sleaze" as if I were the last outpost of David Abrahams' office in London, a harangue… read more…

The Oxford Union inviting along Irving and Griffin to stand and speak on the Hallowed Ground On Which Our Future Overlords Tread has got Grimmer Up North thinking about the past. Inter alia is this remembrance: "Red Andy" Marr, used to sell Socialist Action in the market square and sport… read more…

Perplexing goings on in the Socialist Republic of Bethnal Green and Bow where Glorious Leader Gorgeous George has found himself subject of salacious rumours ... regarding the alleged breakup of RESPECT. [readership promptly nods off] George is vehemently denying that he's quit the party after his comrades posted an article on their… read more…

BONG! In the wake of the Gord signing up to the EU Treaty, opinion on the blogosphere is divided. Grimmer up North is irritated that the promise of a referendum was a manifesto promise as opposed to an actual commitment, whilst Mike Ion reckons not. BONG! The Norfolk Blogger on the ITV phone-in scandal. We… read more…