One of the things that I find most concerning about this furore over the arrest of a Tory MP is the total double-standards of the Tories. Now I know I should never really be surprised by the Tory predisposition to have double-standards wherever possible, but I was still taken aback this week. Let us not forget that it suits the Tories perfectly to blow this issue out of all proportion in Parl...

Kevin Maguire's political "commentary" is becoming more of a joke by the day. Earlier on he was on Sky News getting a pasting from the Telegraph's Andrew Pierce. And now I see he has written on his blog the following words of wisdom. "Each day the Tory indignation at Damian Green's arrest looks like a smokescreen to hide the fact they have colluded in a possible crime."Earlier on to...

The Queen's Speech is usually one of the highlight's of the parliamentary year - but this year it seemed very slimmed down (and as a small state Tory I have no problem with that) but the relative lack of business does demonstrate a certain lack of focus and direction on the part of the government. However, whatever Brown's last full parliamentary year hailed, it was unlikely to beat...

I’ve got six or seven people in the Shadow Cabinet capable of working in the government. The rest are useless. So said David Cameron, apparently. Flight to Inverness are still available from the BA website.

Boris Johnson the London Mayor has been accused of an "astonishing" gaffe over the Damian Green affair after he admitted he had telephoned the Tory MP after he was bailed as a potential criminal suspect.

Tory MP Christopher Chope presented the Western European Union today with his idiot's guide to Cyber War. He exposed his own nursery school understanding of technical advances. To be fair to the Christchurch MP, he did confess his abject ignorance...

More comment on the Queen's Speech, this time from Edward Heathcoat-Amory. [M]inisters never tire of telling us, we are facing a national emergency, and must all make sacrifices. Most of us would rather those sacrifices involved slightly fewer laws protecting our personal data, or less rights to flexible working or paternity leave, than the sacrifice the Government currently has in mind, which is ...

Michael Martin came close to apologising to the House when he said that he “regrets” that police entered Parliament and searched Damian Green’s office without a warrant. Tory grandees including Michael Howard and Iain Duncan Smith pressed the Prime Minister on whether he too regretted that all this had happened without a warrant. Brown was left looking rather lonely as he repeate...

Tory leader challenged over "relaxed" attitude to breach of information rules

There was evident and widespread sympathy for Michael Martin in the Commons when he outlined his role, a minimal one, in the police raid on the offices of the Tory MP Damian Green. Speaker Martin, the MP for Glasgow North East, noted in a faintly barbed aside that he had held his tongue until he had an opportunity to inform the reconvened House regarding the affair. He had not, like others, had th...