As rambling, delusional conspiracy freaks with grossly exaggerated senses of self-importance go, Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed is certainly one of the most high-profile specimens. Fayed has long become infamous for claiming that his son Dodi - along with People's Sloane Ranger Princess Diana - was murdered by MI6,… read more…

Got some bad numbers? No problem. Bury them in some good ones! Liam Byrne (whom Austin Mitchell yesterday accused of shafting our Anzac wartime allies) plays a blinder with the release of some 2007 immigration numbers today. There are 20 paragraphs in the Home Office release. The first 15 are… read more…

Austin Mitchell's having another good day: Little Liam is determined to show himself tough on immigration. Sadly he can’t do anything about it because all the Eastern Europeans streaming into Warrington to make vodka are free to come in as EU citizens. So he’s determined to bash the Kiwis, Ozzies, Canadians and… read more…

The Mail's working up a head of righteous anger over the news that MigrationWatch, the self-appointed immigration watchdog, has caught out immigration minister Liam Byrne, who claimed that 52% of immigration came from outside the EU. MigrationWatch says this number includes - wait for it - people returning from the… read more…

Who was ever going to like this proposed policy? The international press is, unsurprisingly, not amused. In the British press, the detractors are lining up to have their say. Keith Vaz makes the point that a wedding could cost a family £20k in guest visas. The Joint Council for the… read more…

Parliament went into prorogation on Tuesday, but that didn't mean it wasn't a week packed full of uproar beginning on Monday with the visit of King Abdullah and concluding when the verdict of the de Menezes shooting came in on Thursday and the backlash against Ian Blair started in earnest.… read more…

BONG! The Tories have written to Jacqui Smith demanding she yield unto them the head of Ian Blair. Preferably on a spike. BONG! The day after the Election that Wasn't, Political Betting ponders if the situation might have gone the other way for Davy had the Observer published their poll… read more…

David Cameron's plan to turn Britain into a slightly larger version of Royston Vasey continues apace with the news that he proposes to cap immigration, and station angry locals on the white cliffs of Dover to dissuade any of dem forrun people from besmirching England's green and pleasant land with… read more…

The Parliamentary week begins with Home Office questions. According to a highly representative poll carried out by Westmonster (sample size: one), Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is a laydee of many charms, not least of which is the ability to stand up in the Chamber and administer a strong performance without… read more…