Back we go to Ealing Southall and the case of the defection that wasn’t, and a frankly startling allegation… Tory claim on defection ‘a lie’ LABOUR COUNCILLOR ZAHIDA A-NOORI, today wrote to Labour’s Regional Director Ken Clark to emphasise that the Tory stories concerning her were false. Cllr […]

The Groan have got the skinny on the Beeb’s plans for its autumn schedules… BBC1 has secured a series of interviews with former prime minister Tony Blair in which he will look back over the major events of his 10-years in office. In what the BBC has billed […]

Dale’s having another hissy fit – shall we have a look through the round window..? BBC Bans Emily Maitliss Spectator Column I’ve never seen Matthew D’Ancona fulminate before, but I suspect he might self combust when he appears on my 18 Doughty Street show tonight at 10pm. Why? […]

Simon Heffer in today’s Torygraph… We need to stop this, and to stop flagellating ourselves about drinking, because if not our attitude to the place of alcohol in our society is going to become downright silly. For the avoidance of doubt, I am well aware of the following […]

This, from the Groan’s ‘Backbencher column’ – WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE What on earth are Conservative campaigners in Ealing Southall up to?First Tory byelection manager Grant Shapps appeared to post a message on Libblog LibDem Voice in the guise of a downbeat Lib Dem who was […]

An open letter to Grant Shapps. Grant: About this ‘haxx0rs ate my YouTube password thing‘… The thing is, I was discussing this on-line with a group of techs, last night – about a dozen of us with a combined experience in systems and network administration of a couple […]

Rachel North: I burned my mother’s pan. I cooked chicken and bacon for a warm salad for my father and sister when we came back from hospital, and I forgot that I left the pan soaking on a high heat. I was sitting in the study, the one […]