Gordon Brown is to vacation in the English town of Southwold in Suffolk. Channel 4. Tony Blair is to visit Gaza for the first time in his new role as Middle East envoy. BBC. Jacqui Smith is wishing she had never said anything about knife offenders visiting people in A&E… read more…

Throughout the nation brain cell blazing youngsters, television executives, and those annoying mid-30 year olds that still think they're in university are picking at the broken cartilage between their nostrils in anticipation of an exciting new energy drink called Cocaine. Developed by an American company, the beverage, which sells itself… read more…

If Westmonster was to say the word 'khat' to you, chances are you'd either assume a) that we'd lost our ability to spell the common term for the domestic Felis Catus, or b) we were describing some girl called 'Catherine' who'd moved to Shoreditch and decided to write her… read more…

Incentives can be useful things, sometimes. Why, Westmonster doesn't know how our army of child-labour office cleaners would manage without their daily 5pm treat of an episode of Danger Mouse. Public health minister Dawn Primarolo is all too aware of this (the importance of incentives, that is, not the… read more…

In a cultural climate in which even minor celebrities are increasingly untouchable (seriously, how long before we're all opening chapels dedicated to Barry Scott and passing laws that make it illegal not to look like Vernon Kay?) the head of the metropolitan police has decided that enough is enough.… read more…

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has your safety in mind, you know. And that's why she has spearheaded a bold move against the greatest social evil facing Britain today - the legions of people rolling a bit of plant residue into a cigarette, smoking it and giggling to themselves all… read more…

Research suggests that Labour were 'hammered' in the local elections, slipping to third place beneath both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. BBC. The Telegraph. The results for the London Mayoral Election will be revealed today. BBC. The Guardian. Tony Blair has made his first appearance on Time Magazine's list of… read more…

The Boy David is to state the obvious on rape later today - namely that many rapists go unpunished, and too many men feel that they have some sort of divine right to access lady-parts whenever they fancy it. Obvious it may be, but a big thumbs up to Davy for planning… read more…