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…

Hmmm, the news that MPs are now allowed to check their emails in the Chamber has had a mixed reaction amongst House of Commons staffers, for a politician with interweb skills is a rare breed indeed and the rest should be closely supervised at all times. The thought of allowing Members… read more…

The annual publishing of MPs' allowance expenditure is always a tiresome one for Parliamentary staff. The meedja (who should and do actually know better) and the blogosphere tend to throw around terms like "pocketing," or infer that our elected representatives have spent the lot on fine wines, hookers, dancing girls, and good times.… read more…

It was a boring Monday in Parliament. MPs dozed happily on the green benches during Home Office questions, whilst hacks and bloggers lazily looked around for something to write about. A dull day like any other until... ...at 6pm the Sports and Social ran out of Spitfire! Oh, and whatshisname who… read more…

Caught up in all the, er, excitement of the LibDem leadership contest, Westmonster has been sadly remiss in failing to plug until now the DVD release of season 1 of the BBC2 drama Party Animals. For those who don't know, Party Animals was a drama that was to "lift the lid on… read more…

As angry bag-carriers met in Portcullis House on Tuesday to discuss the implications of Queuegate, there was talk of bringing the crisis to a head. The plan mooted was that somebody "do a Rosa Parks," and order any bolshy MP unwise enough to exercise his Lordly rights to the back of the line.… read more…