The obvious title was "much ado about nothing" but when even Tory Diary clould only elicit ten comments on its own piece, the lesser-spotted version was clearly more appropriate. It was actually The Daily Telegraph that got most excited about it, with the excitable James Kirkup breathlessly reporting that the "Tories could ask Bank of England to take over bank regulation from FSA," predicting that...

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Telegraph blogger James Kirkup makes a good point - and by 'good' I mean 'moronic' - when he points out that it would not be fair to say to say the same things about Christians that people say about Muslims. Yes, indeed. And 'Jaws' would have been a lot sillier if it had featured a penguin instead of a great white shark. Words have actual meanings. Hell, even a satire site does better than this. I...

James Kirkup explains how the motion would impact the Conservatives.

Francis Maude will have a huge influence on the shape of the budget cuts, says James Kirkup

Paul Waugh has more. 9pm: My understanding is that Damian Green, Shadow Immigration Minister, has been arrested but not charged for receiving information covered by the Official Secrets Act. 9pm from James Kirkup @ The Telegraph: "The following facts have...

James Kirkup noted that at his Downing Street press conference the PM's demeanour was noticeably different from that of the last few days. He's started trying to avoid looking as though he is enjoying himself. The PM has been grinning and glorying in his alleged genius in recent days and has been feted by world leaders whose handling of the over inflated credit bubble was nearly as poor ...

Enjoyed a cappuccino this morning at a Cardiff Bay cafe named Mischief. They remember me there because I was their very first customer. Reading my Telegraph in full relax mode when my eye was drawn to an innocuous little report by James Kirkup at the foot of page 4. The issue under report would be a candidate for 'Most boring subject of the decade' - except that its rather important. I s...

Plenty of noteworthy snippets in this Telegraph article by James Kirkup today, among them a claim by a Labour strategist that "Voters would be disgusted if we called an election at a time when they are worried about their homes and their jobs". Of course, that could be a deflection rather than a true indication that we won't be seeing a snap election, but other parts of the article ...

James Kirkup writes in this morning's Telegraph that whatever the outcome of the G20 summit, it will be hailed as an historic, triumphant success by Gordon Brown. Even if Sarkozy flounces out, he would no doubt say it was fantastic that 19 of the 20 have signed up to whatever they are signing up to. I don't blame him for that. It's what politicians do. Brown knows that if his politi...