Legions of Westmonster readers came together yesterday to vote in what could be one of the most ground-shaking changes to the political scene in years. The Westmonster Shine Week poll attracted an impressive number of voters (9), 89% of whom decided that the Shine Week beloved so much by Ed… read more…

Nelson Mandela has been removed from the US list of terror suspects. The Telegraph. Strikes by truck drivers in India suggest that we're not alone in this crazy, messed-up world. BBC. The European Commission has announced plans for cross-border healthcare system that would allow UK residents to seek treatment overseas.… read more…

A year on and still people are getting their knickers in a twist over the smoking ban. Despite reports (admittedly stinking of Government bias) claiming that up to 400,000 lives have been saved since the advent of the unpopular initiative, it seems that the landlords of this wonderful country, well,… read more…

Boris Johnson has joined the new wave of army loving politicians that wish to show their respect to war veterans. According to his website, any injured veterans in the capital, regardless of whether they live there or not, will be given free access to the city's transportation services, a motion… read more…

The 2012 London Olympics are getting closer with every day! Woo-hoo! Aren't you excited about seeing a bunch of overpaid school-sports-day throwbacks take part in a series of arbitrary tasks which will then determine who gets to stand on a podium with a shiny medal and smile a bit,… read more…

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, and the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, are in the news today after it was revealed that they got a little too high on a bottle of Holy Wine that they stole from the cellars at York cathederal, realised how much they… read more…

Train-based alcohol ban aside, Boris Johnson has been keeping a remarkably low profile since his installation as Mayor of London a few weeks back. Theories have run rampant around the Westmonster office as to what he's been up to, and we managed to come up with two relatively convincing… read more…

Westmonster was stabbed thirty-seven times on the way to the shops the other day. Luckily we'd invested in a blade-proof vest only hours previously, otherwise that dash to the corner shop to stock up our supplies of Irn Bru and Salt And Vinegar Space Raiders could have ended in… read more…

Barack Obama has upped his Anglophile credentials by announcing that the 'special relationship' between the UK and the U.S. needs to be 'recalibrated'. His vision for the future would see our two great nations walking arm-in-arm aside bowling greens and past movie complexes, feasting on roast beef with Yorkshire pudding… read more…

It's been another busy week for the Chosen One, A.K.A. Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, all-round nice guy, and neophyte vanquisher of crime™: Yesterday he was hanging around the Elephant and Castle with Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, in an attempt put an end to knife fights in the capital, and… read more…

Boris Johnson's critics have found a treasure trove of complaint-worthy material in his new policy on London's black cabs. The plans, which Bojo feels will make life easier for cab drivers by cutting out the abundance of red tape in their lives, will essentially involve reducing the number of obligatory… read more…

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has continued his explorations of the capital's public transportation networks by announcing a deal between Transport for London (TFL) and First Great Western that will extend the routes covered by the infamous Oyster travel card. Stations from West Drayton and Greenford into Paddington will be… read more…

Boris Johnson: Mayor of London, dabbler, raconteur, and sophisticated dresser. Westmonster isn't the first to point out the importance of the Mayoral Hairdo, but perhaps we're the first to prognosticate its rapidly becoming status as a national treasure. In our preferred vision for the future, thousands will flock to London… read more…

Mugabe is shaking in his army boots after Gordon Brown states he is 'appalled'. BBC. Channel 4. The Guardian. The Dalai Lama has stated that he does not advocate the Olympics boycott that people keep getting excited about. Reuters. Saudi Arabia's objections to the SAE investigation have caused some confusion.… read more…

Sure, London is well and truly caught in the grip of its own mayoral fever, but that doesn't mean we're turning a blind eye to events happening on the other side of the Atlantic. Apart from the next series of American Idol - we're not too bothered about that,… read more…