Westmonster: “Today Programme”

Ministry for Not Holding One's Breath

Commish: "A bit of a limpet"

In an interview with the Today programme, Met Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair called himself "a bit of a limpet." Um… OK, whatever. Oh, he's talking about not resigning. Glad he took that seriously. Blair goes on to say: In terms of my commission, I think it is quite likely… read more…
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Points, In Order

Fightback!

BONG! This morning, various generals discovered they had a conscience and wanted to take over the running of our great nation. This Fight for What Is Right required them, somewhat coveniently, to forget any role they had played in the situations they are now complaining about and pipe up only after they'd made… read more…
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While You Were Sleeping

Black Wednesday

Predictably, the Affair of the Missing Disks is the top story this morning, although the Today Programme seems to be getting unusually excited about a prehistoric crab. Humphrys must be having one of his hot flushes again. Ann Treneman reports on the Parliamentary response to the data-loss news, the Telegraph… read more…
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That Was The Week That Was

In which bollocks were - comprehensively - dropped

Is being leader of the Opposition easy, we were asking last night in the pub? Yeah, we all know that being an MP is bloody hard work if you do it properly, and the higher you get, the more demands there are on you. So how has Davy Cameron made… read more…
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