As reported by the Independent, Brown hopes that his announcement on how he plans to combat climate change will put him back in control of the agenda in the wake of (more) bad news from YouGov. Last week's attempt to make a land-grab from Cameron's crew was undermined somewhat by… read more…

Is being leader of the Opposition easy, we were asking last night in the pub? Yeah, we all know that being an MP is bloody hard work if you do it properly, and the higher you get, the more demands there are on you. So how has Davy Cameron made… read more…

We can only assume that the Gord actually wants to induce apoplexy in Henry Porter and the trendy-lefty chatterati with this announcement on his new security measures. Westmonster hopes the Government whips' office has got a selection of hard hats, a vat of whiskey, and their best pleading voices… read more…

Was that a tremor in the Force? This morning Big Tent member Admiral Lord West (whose report on security in busy public locations is published later) gave an interview to the Today programme in which he appeared to merrily deviate from the Government line on the extension of 28-day detention.… read more…

The Gord is set to deflect attention from the woes of Jacqui and assorted immigration traumas by getting all tough on terror. Yup, straight after PMQs he's going to announce the conclusions of two major security reviews which - one presumes - will have the rather welcome side-effect of putting the… read more…