Paul Linford

I'm finally back from my late-summer break so without further ado here's today's Journal column rounding up the events of the pa...

David Cameron and George Osborne want us to think the Tories are the "new progressives" of British politics - but they can't s...

Heartfelt thanks to Slob for sending this one over - it echoes my sentiments about Mr Duncan entirely. His contempt for the public ought to...

Gordon Brown may have survived the Cabinet crisis and the Euro-elections debacle, but Alan Johnson is still in the driving seat to lead Labo...

Who will be the next Speaker? Will there be an October election? And will we get proportional representation? Just some of the many una...

Animal Farm is one of my all-time favourite books, so I was delighted to see this week's offering from Slob.

Now that Michael Martin has finally gone, after what were surely two of the most ill-judged Commons performances of modern times last Monday...

The expenses scandal is an indictment on the whole political class rather than one individual or party - but ultimately it will be Gordon Br...

Actually, I think Nigel Farage and UKIP will be the main beneficiaries...but here's Slob's take on it anyway.

I've not got time to wade into the MPs expenses row in detail as yet, although I have made my views on Mr Speaker Martin clear on Iain ...

Did Margaret Thatcher save Britain? Can Hazel Blears really become Britain's second woman PM? And could the MPs' expenses revelati...

Some would say a resounding yes to that question, especially in the wake of the latest MPs expenses scandal. But we wouldn't have known...

Apologies for lack of blogging this week - a combination of illness and extreme busy-ness - but here's my weekly Journal column, focusin...