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…

To adapt a phrase, three things are certain: death, taxes and negative coverage of the 2012 Olympic games right the way up until six weeks before, when suddenly it'll turn all jingoistic and "ain't Britain great" (assuming, of course, that Britain still exists in 2012). As any fule kno, there… read more…

Westmonster takes for granted that the press lunch with Harriet "I Am A Woman" Harman was a good one, and that el vino did flow. A descent of the alcoholic mist would certainly explain why one of the write-ups of the issues discussed at this banquet contained a picture of… read more…