Help the Aged and Friends of the Earth today started legal proceedings against the Government because of alleged inaction over fuel poverty. Will pensioner power force Labour from Government at the next national poll?

Gordon Brown called off an election to show us his vision. It's time he started doing so.

David Cameron is engaging in a bit of political opportunism this morning, by laying the blame for the Northern Rock credit crisis at the door of the government (well, it beats having any actual policies, doesn't it?).

Without wishing to mention that the liberalisation of the consumer credit market took place under a Conservative government, one has to question the validity of his argument.

The CWU's campaign of strike action at the Royal Mail is not helping but harming its members in the long run.

Harman's performance on the Newsnight debate seems to have placed her to the left of Jon Cruddas.

Those Labour MPs that helped pass David Maclean's bill to amend the FoI Act so that Parliament is effectively exempt from legislation should be ashamed of themselves.

Apparently Peter Hain is both opposed to the extortionate bonuses some city workers get, but according to BBC News online, also supportive of them.

With the latest contender in the leadership election, Michael Meacher, claiming that New Labour has had it, with Frank Field suggesting the party needs to skip a generation to remain viable, and with the commentariat stating that MPs and CLPs in marginal consitutencies are becoming increasingly concerned that Brown won't be able to prevent a Tory victory at the next election, I wondered what the grass-roots actually thought about a Brown led Labour party?

The BBC is reporting that local governments are urging DEFRA to drop plans to introduce "pay-as-you-throw" type charging scheme on refuse. At present, I agree that it is a rubbish idea.

There has been a lot of debate overnight and this morning about whether or not taking drugs when young should disbar you from taking high office.

Forget about the drugs, being a Tory should be an obstacle enough...

In a week which appeared to bring Tony Blair, the Labour Party and the Government to their nadir since 1997, today's Observer comes out in support of the Prime Minister just days after Neil Kinnock says that "history will be kind" to him.

Three terms in government, and the prospect of a fourth have been built on the back of a stable economy. Today's inflation announcement could now signal the start of the end for New Labour.

David Cameron appears to have forgotten what he learnt whilst at Oxford, given his latest suggestion that Gordon Brown won't have a mandate to govern should he win the Labour leadership election.

Gordon Brown joins John Prescott in telling Andrew Marr's Sunday AM that Saddam hanging was "deplorable"
Update [2007-1-7 7:9:7 by alexanderbaker]: Brown's comments prompt Downing Street response

New Year is a time to make changes for the better. The government's decision to raise the legal age of buying tobacco to 18 should be a welcome New Year's resolution.

Reflecting back on a remarkable 2006, I can't help myself in writing about what a fantastic year the Limp Dems have had!

Two high profile statements in two weeks - what is Byers really up to?

What do you think will be the outcome of the party spending review?

Can the Conservatives only win an election by restricting suffrage to their target vote?