For the 16% of the people in the world who have a tattoo, is there some significance to the what it is and where it went? Have you ever been out somewhere, saw a tattoo on a man or a woman's neck, and wondered how they cover it up for a job interview at the local bank? Or how, in 10 or 20 years, they explain why it's there to the kids while telling them that if they ever get a tattoo the...

Ben Brogan asks whether David Cameron has "sealed the deal", and notes that in the Tory leader's team they accept the premise of the notion that he has not. David Cameron will have to overcome voters' cynicism The 20pt opinion poll lead is soft, Cameron's aides think, and the Labour core vote is probably a good deal higher than the 24-25 points now widely assumed. There is much disc...

Or only in Sweden: "Tattoo artists in Sweden are calling for a law to prohibit minors from getting a tattoo". Having checked, the age of consent for getting inked in these parts is 18. There is no age bar on the other side of the North Sea, which is a tad surprising.

Here are some highlights from the Panorama programme, "Next Stop Downing St?" when I travelled to Birmingham with David Cameron to meet five undecided voters (which I wrote about last week). The Tory leader tells me why he hates the use of the term "our people" in politics. In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full in...

The only surprising thing about the descent of the Tory party into post-election civil war is the rapidity with which it is occurring. But if Cameron does fail to negotiate a deal with the Lib Dems and ends up in opposition, he will be seen as a complete failure by his party.

David Cameron and the Conservatives are to join forces with the Ulster Unionist Party in a bid to boost the number of Tory MPs outside England after the next election.

In a sign that David Cameron does not expect the European Council to go late into Friday night, he has asked a group of Tory MPs to supper at Chequers on Friday evening. It is hard to imagine that a full deal between both the 17 and the 27 could be thrashed out in time for Cameron to return to England for supper. Tellingly, the invitations to this event went out just last week.   This supper ...

Boris Johnson - the un-green mayor with double environmental standards! COME AND FLASH BORIS Thursday 5 March 2009 Time: 5.45pm prompt for 6.pm flash. Outside York Hall 5-15 Old Ford Road Bethnal Green E2 9PJ Wear your ‘no to expansion t shirts, or any red top and bring your banners. A united campaign, and a united event

David Cameron wants to be seen as a caring localist, wants to break the power of state service provision and save money. He can have two of these three things, but trying for all of them will destroy him. David Cameron’s speech yesterday was a perfect example of how politicians deal with contradictory impulses. Cameron set

Tory leader enters formal talks with Nick Clegg to secure a deal to force Gordon Brown from Number 10.