A new report has claimed that UK children are being demonised by the other members of society. BBC. Gordon Brown is set to lose on the 42-day detention plans. The Times. House prices are expected to fall by up to 50% over the next four years. The Guardian. There is… read more…

More ID madness: the British Computer Society reckons huge amount of data held by government departments is just plain wrong: Research by IT specialists found 4 per cent of the population - almost two million people - had discovered incorrect information stored under their name by Whitehall or local authorities.… read more…

We're not going to fisk the entire Home Office ID cards statement (go to No2ID, they'll do a better job that us). But there is some weird stuff in official news statement. Take the first para: The delivery of the national identity scheme gathered momentum today as plans were laid… read more…

Wot's an ID card? Later today, we'll find out, but Auntie has some hints: The cards will be compulsory for foreign nationals and those working airside in Britain's airports, such as baggage handlers and cabin crew. The rollout to students, is, according to BBC political reporter Norman Smith, part of… read more…

When will they learn? Today's Data Day at the government, with two extraordinary announcements. One comes from the Home Office, and claims that a majority of British people are in favour of a national ID database. We don't know who they asked, but if it was based on a mailout… read more…

The ID card debate is beginning to move along interesting lines. Encapsulated these are: A growing and significant minority (25%) who are firmly opposed to the idea and, according to the NO2ID campaign, could refuse to comply with it (wishful thinking that, of course, as most of that 25% would… read more…

Well, it wasn't the unmitigated disaster for the Gord that it could have been: Brown highlighted a review that Would Solve Everyone's Problems, Cameron (who was a little off-form) hammered his questions out all in one go and raised the viability of ID cards in the wake of the fiasco,… read more…

Predictably, the Affair of the Missing Disks is the top story this morning, although the Today Programme seems to be getting unusually excited about a prehistoric crab. Humphrys must be having one of his hot flushes again. Ann Treneman reports on the Parliamentary response to the data-loss news, the Telegraph… read more…

BONG! As part of its mission to establish a record for the largest number of emergency statements in the shortest amount of time (three in the past week, by our reckoning), the Government reveals that Her Maj's Revenue and Customs lost the records of 25 million individuals in the, er,… read more…

BONG! In a carefully orchestrated attempt to mobilise the northern vote, Davey has described Manchester as being part urban Shangri-la, part piss-drenched hell. Having watched an episode of Shameless, the Tories social justice hero/failed leader Iain Duncan Smith is reported to have said "if we launch this in Manchester, where… read more…

Well, it's gone 4pm and nominations have just closed for the position of Liberal Democrat leader. Unless RecessMonkey gets his wish and there's been a last minute flurry of support for Prince Vultan of the Hawkmen, it looks like it's going to a two-horse race between Nicky Clegg and Chris… read more…

BONG! Outrage turns to hilarity amongst staff over Queuegate, with MPs falling over themselves to demonstrate that they are prepared to get down and dirty with the unwashed masses. So far - according to Westmonster's lovely assistant - there have been no less than 16 (update: check that, now 17) Members of… read more…