The referendum on voting reform in May will see strange bed-fellows in both the No and Yes camps. Much of the left of the Labour Party will be supporting AV, including Ken Livingstone, Jon Cruddas and Tony Benn, as well as Sam Tarry, Chair of Young Labour. AV is also supported by bloggers Sunder Katwala, Sunny Hundal

The resignation of William Hague's special adviser Christopher Myers, following Guido's thinly veiled insinuations of a 'Brokeback' relationship, has provoked an outpouring of sanctimony across the webs. Liberal Conspiracy published a piece in which Sunder Katwala criticised Guido's blog for "the enthusiasm with which it would seek to “out” a Minister" which, he sniffed, "perhaps sits oddly" w...

Simon Hughes led the angry response to David Cameron's thoughts on social housing, and now he's stirring it up again. In an interview with the South London Press – picked up by Sunder Katwala over at Next Left – the Lib Dem deputy leader has attacked the Right to Buy, saying that local councils should decide whether to offer it or not. Given the Thatcherite roots of the polic...

It's not often that representatives of the Labour Party's different ginger groups/thinktank/bloggers get their act together. So hats off to Andrew Fisher of the (far) left Labour Representation Committee for getting the following to sign up to a joint letter: Sunder Katwala (general secretary of the Fabian Society, albeit in a personal capacity), Neal Lawson

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WEDNESDAY 28th APRIL Shuggy: Tribalism: Labour’s besetting sin? Sunder Katwala: 11.6 million people excluded from Tory tax break because husband & wife work Angry Mob: Your Local Candidates: who are they? Claude Carpentieri: Clegg’s great-great-aunt was a spy! BenSix: The Progs And The Clogs The Staggers: David Cameron pops up on BNP video Greek instability threatens Germany Growi...

MONDAY 26th APRIL Left Outside: Why conservatives should care about immigration Sim-o: on hung parliaments Will Straw: Gove won’t rule out nursery ‘top up’ fees Hopi Sen: Alan Sillitoe Sunder Katwala: So, WHY are Dacre’s minions stalking Clegg’s wife? Hain questions LibDem-Con alliance Senior Labour figures yesterday warned Nick Clegg not to overreach himself by tryin...

WEDNESDAY 21st APRIL LC Media: US right-winger blames Volcano on healthcare bill Sunder Katwala: Let everyone watch the debate! 10 reasons to #showitlivebbc LC Media: Support blogger Dave Osler at libel courts on Friday Indymedia: Save Bita Ghaedi from Deportation! Nicola Smith: Dole queues today nearly half the size of the 80s and 90s Clegg effect could mobilise young and boost

MONDAY 19th APRIL Sunder Katwala: So, does ANYBODY count as truly British, Mr Dacre? Adam Ramsay: Memorandum to Cameron, in advance of the debate on foreign policy Owen Tudor: Former J.P.Morgan Managing Director backs financial transactions tax Catherine Redfern: “We Need the Women Back at Work” Harpymarx: Medicated kids Anthony Wells: Who is switching to the Liberal Democrats? Navy re...

THURSDAY 15th APRIL Across blogs Paul Sagar: On a Liberal’s Blind Spot Sunder Katwala on Next Left: Cameron’s super-soundbite strategy LC Westminster: Car Crash TV – Devil’s Kitchen gets ambushed on BBC Katie Ghose on oK: Where do the parties stand on the Human Rights Act? Claude Carpentiere: France condemns Vatican for anti-gay slur Giles Wilkes on Guardian: For sound econ...