Jacqui Smith is appearing before the Home Affairs Select Committee today, and it looks like she has two über-fun topics to chat about:So, why 42? It's something Westmonster and many others have wondered, not least the copyright holders of The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy, as well as the chief… read more…

Predictably, the Affair of the Missing Disks is the top story this morning, although the Today Programme seems to be getting unusually excited about a prehistoric crab. Humphrys must be having one of his hot flushes again. Ann Treneman reports on the Parliamentary response to the data-loss news, the Telegraph… read more…

MI5 say that  "thousands pose UK terror threat," and at the same time the Government announce they're thinking about extending the 28 day detention period to 47, no wait ... one hundred ... nah, that's too many - tell you what, how about 56 days? We all good with that? Cool.… read more…