Jacqui Smith seems more confident that she and Gordon can win over the masses on 42 day terrorist detention. BBC. The Conservatives are planning to hold the Henley by-election within the next few weeks. The Guardian. A man who tried to detonate explosive devices outside Parliament has said that it… read more…

There's controversial, and then there's controversial. And then there's bone-shaking, teeth-grinding, ultra-ultra controversial. No prizes for guessing which category NATO have fallen into. NATO officials yesterday granted the green light to a US missile defence system that would be stationed in both Poland and the Czech Republic. While heralding… read more…

Looks like the higher orders have their own equivalent of the bloke who hides under the table during the pub brawl - emerging only after it's over - and then spends the rest of the evening boasting about his central role in the fighting: the politics teacher at Fettes College. Yep, Blair's former school has staged a… read more…