What with Westmonster - and pretty much the rest of the politically aware world - thinking of heading down to the bookies and placing a serious bet on Gordon Brown not lasting the summer as PM, there's been very little to persuade us doing otherwise. The Sunday Mirror has… read more…

What with the anti-war movement forming a huge part of the Democratic voting base, you'd think that both leadership candidates would be keeping the gung-ho mentality to an absolute minimum. Think about it. What would that nice Bill Maher say? Seems that this internal memo must have slipped Hillary… read more…

Everyone remembers the diplomatic kid at school. You know - the one who used to intervene whenever there was a playground fight, saying something like 'let's just all get along with each other', at which point all the other kids stopped scrapping with each other and turned on him… read more…

Here at Westmonster, we've said it before and we'll say it again: it really isn't turning out to be Gordon Brown's year. After a non-stop calvalcade of scandal and general incompetence, the PM has seen his government take a rapid downturn in the popularity stakes and has even had… read more…

It's been a bad week for Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg. He provoked sniggers, nicknames like 'Commons Casanova' and predictable outrage from the Daily Mail when he claimed in a GQ interview to have slept with around 30 women before meeting his wife (which, to be fair, sounds like… read more…

The Telegraph interviews Nick Clegg over an almond croissant. Melissa Kite notes his love of the word "faff," calls him "a small but determined whirlwind" - unlike his predecessors! - and describes his possible effect on Davy Cammers:Mr Cameron may not be shaking in his boots quite yet - but… read more…