With little money, a relatively weak on-the-ground campaign organisation and facing ever-rising attacks from fellow conservatives, the former House Speaker has little chance to stage a comeback

While there are hundreds of prop bets (exotic wagers that include everything except just picking a game winner) for the New York Giants-New England Patriots Super Bowl, how about some political prop bets for the 2012 presidential election? For the most part the wagers available for the 2012 presidential election race are plain vanilla in nature that will offer you odds for who will win the Republi...

Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, will annouce at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning whether or not the Crown Prosecution Service will bring charges against Chris Huhne. If he is charged, it could spark a Cabinet reshuffle — the Energy Secretary is now odds on to be the next Cabinet member to leave, at 4/6 with Ladbrokes.

What are the odds, huh? In all the diverse workforce employed by the World's Greatest Broadcaster, there apparently wasn't a single person to point out that these guys may not the best choice as victims of the dreaded Toricutz.

The online magazine Uni Lad received a lot of attention this week after they published an article on seduction that "jokingly" suggested a majority of rapes go unreported made for "pretty good odds" if your date refused you sex. When challenged on Twitter, they initially asked the person complaining if they were "a dyke", before taking down the piece from their site and issuing a partial apology.

Dispute raises the prospect of Brussels snubbing financial crisis-related reforms to accounting for a second time

Russia's support for the embattled regime of Bashar al-Assad was increasingly at odds with international opinion ahead of a UN Security Council meeting last night to discuss ways to loosen the Syrian government's hold on power, where thousands have died in an 11-month uprising.

Katharine Birbalsingh is an heroic, principled woman who, against hideous odds, is trying desperately to open a free school - the Michaela Community School - in a part of South London woefully ill-served by state secondary schools. It will provide academic rigour, discipline, a liberal arts curriculum including Latin, uniforms, sporting facilities and extended school hours to children in one of th...

IDS launches the long-overdue drive for a benefit cap and the Maximum Leader is nowhere to be seen. What are the odds, huh? I'm sure it's because Cast Iron Dave genuinely did suddenly remember he'd left the gas on, rather than because he's a gutless empty suit who'd rather get a real job than risk perpetrating an act of conservatism. What would the neighbours think? Call me cynical, but I can't he...

In tomorrow nights State of the Union Address what overused and tired cliche' will Barack Obama use first? As an alternative to playing the much loved Barack's Bullshit Bingo game that was created to help you get through an Obama speech, try your hand instead at guessing the first cliche'-type phrase that the President will utter during what promises to be a cliche'-laden prese...