The public whip tells us that the parties voted the following ways on the Digital Economy Bill.

Astonishing that just nine Tory MPs (less than one in twenty) bothered to vote on such controversial legislation.

US Economist Alan Greenspan has been giving his testimony before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, criticised for failing to implement rules that would have curbed an overstretched banking system.

For a man otherwise known for his strong libertarian, anti-governmental regulation and pro-laissez-faire views, his testimony came as a shock.

contribution by Tom Chance

A new BNP presence mobilised local anti-fascists in Bermondsey recently by delivering a spiteful leaflet.

It warned that immigration might lead Bermondsey to “end up like Peckham and Camberwell”. How should people respond?

Do NI contributions really affect jobs? In 2003, the Finnish government wanted to boost employment in the northern part of the country. So it abolished some equivalents of our NI for firms in northern regions.

Did this create jobs?

Either the Tory proposals to make efficiency savings by cancelling all new government IT projects don’t add up, or they are going to have to abandon their entire schools policy. Something tells me they haven’t quite thought this one through.

Introducing a new, month-long series, where I’ll be keeping a watchful eye on the meeja* and picking out some of the sexist-shite coverage of the General Election campaign.

Today it’s the Daily Mail edition.

While the political parties don’t officially have a line, it is clear that the Conservatives are more in favour of restricting abortion than Labour.

But what is the likely chance they can? Will they have the numbers? I’ve crunched some numbers.

In its final week, the government used the Town and Country Planning Order to undermine young people, students, migrant workers and adults who can’t afford their own homes.

Can anyone blame us for feeling uninspired by the upcoming election?

Contemporary British politicians rarely adhere to any cohesive set of ideas, yet for some reason feel compelled to pretend that they do.

And if their ostensible philosophy can be condensed into a two-word soundbite for the benefit of headline writers, so much the better.

I’m struggling to see any sense at all in some over-excited Tory Boys at campaign HQ boasting to The Times about establishing “air superiority” in the campaign over Labour.

“We’ve got more executive jets than you” is their rather testosterone-fuelled boast, contrasting their fancy campaign toys with Gordon Brown’s plan to let the train mostly take the strain.