Another day dawns and shatters another illusion as it does so. This time, it's our overly romantic ideas regarding espionage that have taken a bit of a bruising - especially our secretly-held belief that those working for the MoD or other Government defense agencies really are as suave and as… read more…

Famous philanderer and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has found a sure-fire way to get more hot sex: almost being shot by the Taliban. In an incident that will surely provide the Handsome One with enough ammunition to charm even the most chaste of ladies into his liberal bed,… read more…

The Prisons Union claims that life in UK jails is so comfortable that the prisoners don't ever want to leave The Guardian. The Telegraph. The Times. An oil refinery strike threatens to trigger panic-buying at petrol stations in Scotland and northern England. The Times. Security surrounding the Olympic Torch in… read more…

Westmonster hears that the Govester's speech on how Brown is a bally rotter has produced an unexpected backlash. In an apparently innocuous if hi-LAR-ious aside, Gove said of the Gord's succession: Whether it's been Neville Chamberlain after Baldwin, Eden after Churchill or Bush senior after Reagan, the successor model has never… read more…