Are there two Ed Balls (Ballses)? Because there have been major set-piece interviews with the man this week, and they seem to rather contradict each other. First up, there's the Ed Balls whom Rachel Sylvester met, the supercharged wheeler-dealer at the heart of every government initiative:… read more…

"There will be nothing to stop us this time," muttered Darth Ashcroft as he ordered his minions (aka Davy Cameron and chums) to put in for a topical debate on party funding today. The Gord's down on his luck, the media's saturated with Opposition politicians being sanctimonious all over us,… read more…

The fingering of the "Young Turks" over Chickengate continues apace, with this piece in the Coffeehouse and this rather apocalyptic offering from Rachel Sylvester in the Telegraph. Philip Webster had a good story in the Times yesterday about how Brown had never really been sold on the idea of an… read more…