Crime rates are expected to soar as the economy deteriorates. The Guardian. Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling have decided that England should borrow its way out of the economic crisis. The Times. Al Gore has challenged Americans to give up fossil fuels within the next ten years. BBC. Plans for… read more…

Gordon Brown has described his job as being the 'best in the world', suggesting that the nervous breakdown we were expecting may not be about to happen. The Guardian. The PM has also hinted that his plans for a 2p rise on fuel duty may be abandoned. The Guardian. The… read more…

The Conservative Party has increased its lead over Labour, a new poll reveals. ePolitix. A survey has revealed that Scots are twice as likely to commit either homicide or suicide than people from anywhere else in the UK. The Guardian. Truck drivers will today meet with Shell after 647 petrol… read more…

Labour are starting to panic about the dearth of Scottish ministers in their party. ePolitix. Gordon Brown is still convinced that 42 is the magic number when it comes to all things terrorist detention. BBC. One of David Cameron's key campaign advisers has decided to emigrate to California. ePolitix. Australian… read more…

The news that the Tories have beaten Labour in the Crewe by-election with a 7,860 majority is about as surprising as a shit after a curry. BBC. The Guardian. The Times. It has been stated that Gordon Brown could face more leadership challenges. ePolitix. David Cameron has plans to strengthen… read more…

Sometimes, as Cast once sang before everyone realised how boring they were, the best thing to do is 'just walk away.' Advice that Tory councillor David Meikle seems to be following rather too literally. He already has one distinction to his name - he's the sole Tory councillor in… read more…

David Cameron has taken the logic of unseen Tory politicians to its natural conclusion - he's appointed a former spy, Andrew Fulton, as chairman of the party in Scotland: Last year, Mr Fulton, who lives in Glasgow, became the first former spy to join a listed British company when he… read more…

BONG! Darling's reassured us about data loss, saying none of the 25 trillion entries has fallen into the wrong hands. He didn't make clear how he could know that. Did he nick it himself? BONG! Britain is sending "80 policemen and judicial officials" to Kosovo. Is that the 21st century… read more…

When your name's Donald Trump, Scotland bows down to you. Still, political furore may well ensue. Ooh, the grilling of Broon commences. Click here for the Guardian's live updates! Lord Falconer: No on 42! Is no one on Jacqui Smith's side? Labour vs Conservative: How can we make the lives… read more…

BONG! "No negotiating with Taliban" says Brown, who's also busy not negotiating with policemen and Mediterranean types who are hawking around a treaty-thingy. BONG! The police may strike. Yorkshire miners currently offering their services to government as replacement cover if needed. BONG! The public has spoken. The £50 million Big… read more…

The BBC: The government (well, Ed Balls) is unveiling its 10-year "vision" for children. Those quotation marks look ominous. Schools are going to have refurbished playgrounds and the like, to "increase play opportunities for children" (Westmonster's non-ominous quotation marks). Sounds very business-like, "play opportunities." Meanwhile, over in The Guardian,… read more…

The Government plan to claw-back funds from state schools has been shelved after bad publicity consultation with key stakeholders. Remember folks, even if 100 schools had said they thought the policy was a good one, the Gord would still not have gone ahead with it. Lorely Burt is the… read more…

The debate's underway in the blogosphere over the Gould report into Scottish elections released yesterday. Iain Dale: "Douglas Alexander has Blood On His Hands and should resign!" Kezia Dugdale, however, has not only read the report but appears to be a bit of an expert in these matters agrees that… read more…

The single most compelling argument against a snap election.… read more…