You’d have to be completely hammered to take seriously the government’s latest bizarre claims about booze.

Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party, said today on Stephen Hester’s bonus:

Boris Johnson admitted in an interview with LBC this morning that 1,700 police officers have been cut from Scotland Yard in the last two years. A spokesperson for Ken Livingstone said; "Londoners will have been shocked to hear Boris Johnson admitting that he has cut 1,700 police officers whilst robbery, knife crime and burglary were all rising in London. Only a Mayor who is completely out of touch...

Now that the three party leaders have each pronounced on capitalism, domestic politics is returning to its familiar battlegrounds. And there are few more familiar battlegrounds, for this government, than the NHS. Earlier this week a couple of unions came out completely against Andrew Lansley's health reforms, despite his previous efforts to accommodate their concerns. And now we learn that th...

Today Boris Johnson has claimed that he has protected "police officers from cuts". This is completely untrue and at odds with the Metropolitan Police's own figures. The latest figures from the police have confirmed that Boris Johnson has cut 1,782 police officers in the last 18 months. * In March 2010 there were from 33,260 police officers in London; * By October 2011 there were just 31,478 p...

I said last night that I thought this would make a pretty good sitcom: Two undercover police officers secretly fathered children with political campaigners they had been sent to spy on and later disappeared completely from the lives of their...

Following Boris Johnson's attack on Londoners in The Sun this morning, Ken Livingstone said; "Tory Boris Johnson is calling Londoners workshy and lazy when in fact they're the hardest working people in the world. He's completely out of touch with reality. "Boris Johnson has two jobs, earning him £400,000 a year combined, so it is little wonder that he is so out of touch about ...

The Obama American flag lapel pin story redux! This was sent to me by email this morning, and although according to Snopes.com this story about then Senator Barack Obama is False, it is nonetheless unfortunately and completely believable! File this under 2012 presidential election notes. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction! Yes, he told us in advance what he planned to do. Few were listening....

Welfare wars are erupting again, with Iain Duncan Smith’s bill amended in the Lords and more showdowns ahead. Number 10 has been completely robust, threatening to use rarely-invoked powers to overrule the Lords. In my Telegraph column today, I say why it’s so important that David Cameron does not go wobbly – as his predecessors did.   Tony Blair understood the need for radic...

Parliament's science and technology committee chairman said new advice to have two days a week completely clear of alcohol was "not a green light for having a binge" on another day.