Perhaps one of the less bright ideas of the Conservatives was the debate yesterday on party funding as it gave the hitherto ignored questions ("they're just trying to smear us, you know," CCHQ had previously claimed, flouncily, when the words "Lord" and "Ashcroft" were put to them in any sort… read more…

The Oxford Union event on free speech, to which Holocaust denier David Irving and BNP leader Nick Griffin have been invited to start channelling Voltaire, has produced much comment on the blogosphere and beyond. James Forsyth in the Spectator draws the distinction between the freedom of speech which is a… read more…

Question: What is wrong with this? Answer: The terrible constellation of the words Peter "I am a Green candidate you know" Tatchell, Henry "police state" Porter, and "assualt on civil liberties." It begins with Tatchell asking Porter whether he believes that we're witnessing the biggest peace time assault on civil… read more…