How many times have you been told “it won’t snow, it’s too cold”?  Hundreds I expect but has it ever occurred to you how it manages to snow in Antarctica where the temperature never goes above freezing point, even at the coast? There is only one temperature where it is too cold to snow and

Chris Huhne never strayed far from the top of the bookies' list of ministers most likely next to exit the Cabinet - even before coming under the gaze of the police.

The "Pret Effect" term came after London Mayor Boris Johnson wondered aloud why there were never any British people working for the sandwich chain.

Expect £75 billion next week. That will be £350 billion in all of Quantitiative Easing. The outcome is simple: another £75 billion of government debt will be purchased by the Bank of England. And as I explained last week, this debt will never be resold.

I never really thought I’d be giving interviews on the topic of poo, but that’s exactly what I was doing yesterday. It’s all part of a drive to encourage more people than ever before to spot the signs of bowel cancer. So on Monday I launched the Government’s first ever national bowel cancer awareness campaign,

Cherie Blair, the former prime minister's wife, says that she's never met a working mother "who didn't constantly feel that she wasn't doing either job very well."

One of the flaws of Tory modernisation was that it was never interested enough in pounds and pence. Social issues, the environment and public service reform were what the modernisers specialised in, not economics. But tonight’s Macmillan lecture by Nick Boles, one of the most intellectually influential modernisers, is devoted to the subject of how Britain’s global competiveness in the ...

The film “Iron Lady” starring Meryl Streep has attracted a fair amount of Tory ire. Rob Wilson, MP for Reading East said in the House of Commons: This week I attended the screening of The Iron Lady and was disturbed by the way in which the film portrayed its subject. Can we therefore have a

We’ve not often LibLinked through to the ‘Breaking News’ section of Peterbrook Primary School’s website. In fact we never have before. But their report of Nick Clegg’s visit, alongside local Solihull MP Lorely Burt, deserves a wide audience, and here’s a snippet: Together with Solihull M.P Lorely Burt and an entourage of press and media

As if his less than stellar performance in the most recent Republican primary debate wasn't enough, it appears that a slew of right-wing media luvvies are turning against - or to be more accurate, were never really for and are now coming out publicly against - the former Speaker and pet Republican firebrand. Politico reports on the Campaign Against Newt, and also carry a fascinating report on the ...