The Tories have lost their ultra-rebel: Bob Spink's been chucked out for getting heavy-handed with the Chief Whip: Spink tried to avoid being deselected by emailing a post-dated letter of resignation on Tuesday night to the Tory chief whip, Patrick McLoughlin - a letter he threatened to activate if the… read more…

Those clever chaps at Revolts.co.uk have pointed out something interesting from last night's EuroDisco. Nick Clegg wasn't the only young man with some stroppy kids to deal with: As everyone examined the damage done to Nick Clegg's leadership by the largest Lib Dem rebellion in six years, the Commons also… read more…

Multi-millionaire Stuart Wheeler (that's his daughter pictured, since you ask) has got his cap out by proxy in the Telegraph this morning, with John Gouriet asking for money to fund Wheeler's attempt to have the Lisbon Treaty made the subject of a judicial review. Gouriet, in Grand Constitutional Words Written… read more…

Reading through the Hansard transcript of last night's EU Treaty debate on TheyWorkForYou, a few things become clear. Firstly, the boy Miliband did a good job, on paper, of laying out what the Treaty is for and why it's different to the constitution. He even admitted (after nudging by Ken… read more…