Whilst Westmonster doesn't espouse the use of violence to achieve its goals, we can't help but think that the recent incident involving the beating of Labour MP Anne Moffat will make her think more carefully regarding the way that she votes on, or deals with, issues of crime in the… read more…

William Hague doesn't have a blog, but John Redwood does. So it's interesting that Redwood hasn't seen fit to comment on a recent revolts.co.uk paper which points out that both he and Hague voted against a referendum on the Maastricht Treaty in 1993. Redwood's posted recently in praise of the… read more…

Westmonster has been following all the hub-bub about the Gord's EU Treaty non-signing with a pile of salt on hand, what with all the hyperbole and bombast out there in the ether, just a grain isn't near enough to do the trick. At the risk of sounding like cheerleaders for… read more…

The Beeb is reporting that a quartet of Labour MPs have tabled questions in the Commons about Boris Johnson's somewhat ill-advised character reference for his old boss, Lord Black. Our Boris is among a number of references being presented in New York (others include William Hague and, er, Elton John).… read more…

This morning Willy Hague will be mostly demanding a retrospective referendum on the EU Treaty. Given that previously he'd indicated that he wasn't too keen because even though a couple of months ago Cameron offered a "cast iron guarantee" that there would be a referendum he then appeared to change… read more…

Well done Her Majesty! Didn't she read the list of legislation beautifully? Amongst everything else there will be legislation on the EU Reform Treaty, a Bill to keep da yoof in education, various stuff on climate change, reforms of the criminal justice system, a new Homes and Communities Agency is… read more…

According to the Tories, today could have been the day that they went back to their constituencies and prepared for Government. Heh. Regardless of the fact that bad as the polling was for Labour, Satan would have been making snowballs in hell before the Conservatives could have returned an overall majority,… read more…

While Iain Dale is otherwise engaged in polishing the halo of St Michael of Ashcroft, may I direct readers to this interesting story... Earlier in the week Tom Watson asked what was known about a company called Flying Lion, which appears to be registered in Bermuda, and which seems to have a… read more…

The Gord's woes were many at the beginning of the week, and by the end they were legion. A particularly irritating leit motif for Brown was the fact that Anthony Seldon's new book on Blair hit the shelves over the weekend, so the PM's parade was further rained upon by various reminiscences of… read more…

Whilst it looked like it was going to cause problems for a beleagured Gord and his depressed comrades in the wake of the non-election, Cameron and his party have merrily brought up the issue of a referendum on the EU Treaty with monotonous regularity. However, just as Brown's reluctance to… read more…

The initial signs augured ill. William Hague, in the warm-up opening slot at the Conservative Party Conference, started with a slightly strangled attempt to demonstrate that the Tories have an electoral presence beyond the Watford Gap Service station. "They said we wouldn't get any seats in the north! What do they… read more…

BONG! Westmonster is off to perv at listen to the musings of Alistair Campbell in an hour, so it's gonna be an early roundup, kids. Priorities and all, ya know? BONG! Spotted earlier was Labour MP Parmjit Dhanda wearing quite the loudest suit (maroon with brown tie) seen so far… read more…