At long last, primary debate season in America is drawing to a close. Tonight, the remaining Democrats have their first and only mano-a-womano debate, but last night saw the final scheduled Republican debate held, naturally, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Westmonster can tell you that… read more…

Rudy Giuliani, who had staked his entire campaign on pulling off an unlikely victory in the state, emerged the big loser in the Florida primary — finishing in a distant third place behind John McCain and Mitt Romney. Giuliani is now expected to drop out of the race in advance… read more…

It seems to Westmonster all the big news has been coming out of the Democratic camp lately, following Obama's big win in South Carolina and the Bill Clinton backlash that followed. But today in Florida — home of 2000's hanging chads — there's a contest that's meaningless among Democrats, but… read more…

Michigan voters put their mitts on their ballots last night, with mildly surprising results on both the Republican and Democratic sides of the race. For the Republicans, Mitt Romney, left for dead a week ago after humiliating losses in Iowa and New Hampshire, had a convincing victory over (this week's)… read more…

The Spectator on how Lord Malloch-Brown is spending taxpayers' money on those chunky chocolate chip cookies that are about two quid for five, rather than the Tesco's own-brand rich tea. For shame! The Times reports a double-whammy perpetrated on Jacqui Smith yesterday: mauled by Basher Davis in the Justice… read more…

If this doesn't scare you nothing will: final proof that Rudy Giuliani does actually eat babies. Fact. The LibDems' poll ratings are improving - they are up four on 18% according to an ICM poll for the Guardian. Bad news for the comrades, though: down one on 35, whilst the… read more…

BONG! News from our American cousins first, and Olly's Onions has this report on Republican Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani which ... er ... okay, so we just wanted an excuse to put up a picture of him decked out like a whore's lampshade. Whaddya gonna do? BONG! Wonkette uncovers an alarming image… read more…

Polling horror alert! Today's ComRes poll for the Independent has Dave on eight points ahead of the Gord on 41, and the Liberals up one on 16. Analysis from the UK Pollling Report here. The Guardian gets hot under the collar at the visit of Saudi leader King Abdullah,… read more…

There are plenty of things that seem like a good idea at the time, including dressing up as the Queen Mum, shagging anything that stands still long enough (allegedly), and allowing it to slip out that even your family refuse to state in public that they're are going to… read more…