If Westmonster was to say the word 'khat' to you, chances are you'd either assume a) that we'd lost our ability to spell the common term for the domestic Felis Catus, or b) we were describing some girl called 'Catherine' who'd moved to Shoreditch and decided to write her… read more…

BONG! The Metropolitan Police have been found guilty over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes in July 2005. As appalling as the entire tragedy was, Westmonster nevertheless felt a twinge of nostalgia at a subject line in an email from Gallery News: "I won't resign, says Blair." Oh, and more than… read more…

Overheard in the Imperial bar, Blackpool, was a woman with the poshest voice ever declaring, "I live in the poorest part of London. There are single mothers EVERYWHERE." On a related note is this article by Decca Aitkenhead on George Osborne (hat tip Skuds), which contradicts the view that… read more…

BONG! The Spectator Coffeehouse reports that Cameron's crowbarring in the big names - Bojo and Hezza so far - as quickly as possible into the Colosseum. The plan is to entertain the crowd as much as possible in order that its collective mind is diverted away from thoughts of bloody assassination.… read more…

Cameron is all "bring it on Gordon!" this morning, claiming he would welcome an early election. If yesterday's polling is to be believed, this would indicate he's either mad, delusional, a combination of both or in a position where he can't squeal: "for the love of God, no!" which… read more…