Legions of Westmonster readers came together yesterday to vote in what could be one of the most ground-shaking changes to the political scene in years. The Westmonster Shine Week poll attracted an impressive number of voters (9), 89% of whom decided that the Shine Week beloved so much by Ed… read more…

Ladies and Gentleman, it's still Shine Week. If you're wondering what we're talking about, you should've read yesterday's post. Basically though, Ed Balls and Gordon Brown have decided that the dates of June 30th to 4th of July 2008 shall forever after be known as Shine Week. It's all part… read more…

The U.S. Government has stated that it won't recognise the results of Friday's presidential election run-off in Zimbabwe. BBC. The Conservatives have reached another twenty year high in the polls. The Guardian. A Government-commissioned report has concluded that Britain is ill-prepared for a new flooding crisis. The Telegraph. Council workers… read more…

The Conservative Party has increased its lead over Labour, a new poll reveals. ePolitix. A survey has revealed that Scots are twice as likely to commit either homicide or suicide than people from anywhere else in the UK. The Guardian. Truck drivers will today meet with Shell after 647 petrol… read more…

Ignore what Forrest Gump said about life being 'like a box of chocolates.' Life is more like your local independent grocery store: it's overshadowed by market influences and nearer to closure with every passing day. A depressing thought, sure, but we're just helping the Labour-voting readers out there to… read more…

A new poll conducted by the BBC has suggested that up to 70% of UK residents consider themselves to be 'happy' with the police. Conducted by Radio 5 Live, the research discovered that the majority of people thought the police were doing a good job, and that 60% felt that… read more…

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…

Westmonster was going to try and be nice to Gordon Brown today. After the bashing he was given by the majority of the media last week, we thought it best to provide a little reprieve for the poor chap - a kind of sanctuary if you will. However, with articles… read more…

Tomorrow's Guardian will have an ICM poll which shows Labour 13 points down on Conservative, a drop of 10 percentage points in a month: Academic estimates suggest that on today's findings Labour would win 214 seats at a general election, down from 352, while the Conservatives could pick up a… read more…

The latest Independent/ComRes poll has the Tories comfortably ahead of Labour, at 41% versus 30%. The papers are drooling over one particular aspect of the poll: it puts Dave ahead of El Gordo in the North. By one measly point, but they're taking it as significant (and also arguing that… read more…