OK, here we go. It's getting close to Christmas, Brown's got to make a flit to Lisbon later today, and we can expect questions about that, about policy pay, about The Meaning of Life (aka, 42) and about the Children's Plan (assuming anyone's had time to read it yet). Usual… read more…

We've just noticed that Tory blogger Iain Dale has his last.fm radio widget on his blog. Now, Mr Dale likes his lists, so here's Dale's Pick of the Pops (according to the first 10 tracks played on his player): Bonnie Tyler: Lost In France The Feeling: Blue Piccadilly Alphaville: Fantastic… read more…

Courtesy of Matthew Moore at the Telegraph. That's Labour health spokeswoman Nicola Roxon hauling health minister Tony Abbott over the coals for being half-an-hour late for an election debate. Imagine what they'd be saying to each other if he'd lost 25 million data records on the way.....… read more…

What is it with the world at the moment? Every politician is attempting to get down wid da kidz and talk like a popstar, and every bloody popstar seems to be talking like a politician; except without the comparatively small salary, unencumbered by any responsibility to actually do anything about… 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…