Step forward Bob Spink, Ultra-Rebel. According to some new research by Philip Cowley and Mark Stuart from the University of Nottingham, Bob is the leading rebel among Conservative MPs under David Cameron. Since the 2005 election, Bob has rebelled from the party line on a bolshie 22 occasions, more than… read more…

Quick! Somebody get David Cameron a flat cap, a couple of whippets and a Tony Benn-style pipe because he's talking about curbing MPs expenses, and if the taxpayer were to stop funding his party's shenanigans then he may well be reduced to this indignity. In an article for the Telegraph,… read more…

The Gord's woes were many at the beginning of the week, and by the end they were legion. A particularly irritating leit motif for Brown was the fact that Anthony Seldon's new book on Blair hit the shelves over the weekend, so the PM's parade was further rained upon by various reminiscences of… read more…