Because political discourse can never have too many Simpsons analogies, allow Westmonster to draw her readers' attentions to this episode where Homer decides to run for the position of Sanitation Commissioner. He wins a landslide, under the slogan "Can't Someone Else Do It?" and a manifesto commitment that his garbage men will… read more…

The story so far: A good week in the polls for Labour after their Conference ratcheted up speculation on a snap election, to the point that everyone just assumed it was going to happen. Gorgeous, brooding Gordon Brown - ably assisted by his brilliant coterie of young advisors - was… read more…

Don't listen to the Government's advice; it'll give you cancer, warns the Independent. In spite of the angry, nasal squealing inflicted on the Chamber by the Boy George yesterday, Peter Riddell reckons that the Eyebrow has played a blinder in knackering the Tories' advantage. Tory blogosphere: hang your head… read more…

Good news for the comrades at last in the pre-budget report! The Eyebrow's just announced that he's going to raise the threshold for inheritance tax to £600,000, in order to balance fair taxation with health and education spending, and he combined it with a nice bitchslap directed at the Tories over their… read more…

Well, after a shaky start and some periodic barracking - the Tories have clearly been told to roar and heckle loudly - Alistair seems to be holding it together. Must be the eyebrows. Surprisingly, Darling has announced that he plans to "close loopholes" on non-domiciles, and introduce a 2p cut in corporation… read more…

Whilst the kids have been back at their various educational institutions for a month, our Members of Parliament will return from their summer holidays tomorrow. Yes. The middle of October. This week's business can be seen in full here. Oral PQs Monday - Work and Pensions; Leader of the House… read more…