Vanity Fair may not be the sort of magazine in which elections are won or lost, but it contains a profile of David Cameron this month which seems far more assured than current reality might have us think. Interestingly, Conservative Central Office appear to have been in a bit of a tiz about it because of a quote from Ed Vaizey, the shadow culture minister. Vaizey has been a bit too loquacious of l...

It was like a volcano going off. At PMQs today Cameron was calmly dissecting the prime minister’s underfunding of the Afghan war when he quoted two former defence chiefs who’d called Brown ‘disingenuous’ and ‘a dissembler’. Then someone shouted, ‘they’re Tories!’ Cameron lost control. Instantly, completely. His temper just went. White in the fa...

One of the world's leading Scotch whisky suppliers warns hundreds of jobs could be lost under plans for minimum pricing.

The issue of whether Iceland should reimburse the UK and the Netherlands €3.9bn lost by British and Dutch savers in the Icesave crash is a bilateral one and should not affect the country's EU accession prospects, Enlargement Commissioner Štefan Füle told the European Parliament yesterday (8 March).

Jack lost his iPhone last night. He has therefore been stuck at home on his Playstation 3 all day. - An (early twenties, male) customer overheard in a coffee bar in the East End yesterday afternoon. I can understand how the world outside the front door is a scary, scary place if it is just you, completely unaugmented....

Interesting piece on combat stress amongst bomb sniffing dogs in Afghanistan: Next he let another Lab, Mag, give it a try. Mag was in rehab for a condition from which he tired quickly and lost mobility in his tail and...

In November 2004, Neil Heritage was blown up by a car bomb near Camp Dogwood in Iraq. He lost both his legs in the explosion and woke up two weeks later. A bomb disposal expert, he was finishing his shift when the attack took place.

Labour today set out plans to improve GP access by abolishing GP practice boundaries. But Conservative plans to let GPs cut their opening hours could see more than 4 million evening and weekend GP appointments lost. Labour's Health Secretary Andy Burnham MP said: "People should take a long hard look at what the Tories say their plans are for the NHS. Evening and weekend opening hours are a ke...

Many across Castle Point and beyond will be saddened by the news that Michael Foot has passed away. Labour Parliamentary Candidate Julian Ware-Lane said "this is a moment of personal sadness – progressive politics has lost a great champion." Michael Foot, born in 1913, led the Labour Party from 1980 to 1983. "He was a large figure in my early political education" added Julian. "I liked his s...

The turbulence in the currency markets is a welcome warning sign, says Edmund Conway.