Sometimes I really think that this world needs to be stopped immediately, so that I and the rest of the people blessed with brains and the ability to use them, could just step off. The fact that British soldiers are going to march in Moscow at the 9th May parade, under portraits of the mass murderer of millions and in the capital of the country that was Adolf Hitler’s staunch ally, is really something beyond …

According to a recent poll, the support for Labour has slumped two points since early December to 28% – the lowest level since last September, the Conservatives have gained three points to 41%, the Daily Telegraph reports.
The Lib Dems are down one point on 19%.
However, despite claims that Prime Minister Gordon Brown was presiding over a “dysfunctional” shambles following last week’s putsch attempt, voters still believe he is the best person to lead the Labour …

The General Election may be held on 6th May – the same day as the local council elections – as Europe Minister Chris Bryant apparently accidentally confirmed the date.
Tory-Politico.com reports that Bryant, speaking to diplomats at Canning House, a diplomatic think-tank, said yesterday referring to recent tensions between Britain and South American countries: “I hope that by the time of the General Election on May 6, relations will have improved.”

Conservative leader David Cameron and his Liberal Democrat counterpart Nick Clegg demanded immediate General Election to be called after yesterday’s coup attempt by former ministers against Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Both Cameron and Clegg said that Labour was no longer fit to govern. “If ever there was a time when our country needed strong leadership and a united Government, it’s today,” Cameron said, according to the Guardian.

Cabinet ministers backed Prime Minister Gordon Brown after two senior MPs called for a secret vote on his leadership of the Labour Party, Sky News reports.
Former ministers Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt wrote to all Labour MPs asking them to support a ballot on Brown’s leadership.
But Business Secretary, Lord Peter Mandelson, who is widely credited with saving Brown’s…

Two former Cabinet ministers, Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt, launched today a last-ditch attempted putsch against Prime Minister Gordon Brown, The Times reports.
Hoon and Hewitt wrote to all Labour MPs calling for the leadership issue to be sorted out “once and for all”.
The timing – just before the first Prime Minister’s Questions – was intended to be devastating.
The move by two senior figures who have so far avoided raising the leadership question is bound to …

History will be made in the run up to next year’s General Election when the party leaders take part in a series of television debates, the Daily Telegraph reports.
A deal has been done between news broadcasters and the main political parties. It will be the first time that British party leaders have gone head-to-head in a live television battle similar to those in American presidential elections.

British government are urgently trying to repair the diplomatic damage following confirmation that an arrest warrant was issued for Israel’s opposition leader and former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who canceled a planned trip to speak at a Jewish National Fund event three days ago, Arutz 7 reports.
The arrest warrant against Livni was issued on Saturday, authorising she be taken into custody for approving alleged war crimes in the Operation Cast Lead counterterrorist war in Gaza …

According to the latest poll, the Conservatives lead over Labour has been cut to nine points, the Daily Telegraph reports.
The Conservatives now stand on 40 per cent, down two, Labour are on 31%, up two, while the Liberal Democrats are on 18%, down one.
It would still be enough to give David Cameron a Commons majority, but is a significant reduction from the 17 point gap recorded two months ago and is the fourth successive month …

Conservative leader David Cameron says that because of the measures unveiled by Chancellor Alistair Darling in the pre-Budget report, Labour have lost all right to govern, the Daily Telegraph reports.
Cameron accused the Government of ”irresponsibility, basic deceit and a complete lack of moral principle”. He compared Darling and Prime Minister Gordon Brown with “a couple of joy riders… not caring about anyone who might have to take over the mess they have created”.
Cameron also said …

Prime Minister Gordon Brown suffered a major blow today when four Government advisers on efficiency including Sir Peter Gershon, the architect of plans to slim the Civil Service, announced they were to advise the Conservatives, The Times reports.
Bernard Gray, who conducted a major defence review that was highly critical of the Ministry of Defence, will also join Sir Peter on the Tories’ public services productivity advisory board that will advise the Conservative Party as they …

MPs will be asked to vote on a proposal to give the Commons authorities the power to dock the salaries of members who refused to repay unjustified expense claims, the Guardian reports.
The vote will take place after the Commons publishes the report from Sir Thomas Legg in the new year – later than expected – saying which MPs have refused to cooperate with his demands for money to be repaid.
The announcement came from the members …

Prime Minister Gordon Brown will attempt to force plans for a referendum on changing Britain’s voting system through Parliament before the next election, The Times reports.
An agreement to table the enabling legislation, probably as a late amendment to the Constitutional Reform Bill, was thrashed out at Monday’s meeting of the Cabinet’s Democratic Renewal Committee.
Ministers said that the measure represented a “serious declaration of intent on political reform” — and could enhance prospects of a deal …

The UK Independence Party are set to head in a fresh direction, fighting radical Islam, with the election today of a replacement for Nigel Farage as the party’s national leader, The Times reports.
The two favourites to take over from Farage are committed to adding the battle against Islamic fundamentalism to the party’s main goal of withdrawing Britain from the European Union.
Farage resisted strong grassroots pressure during his three-year leadership to broaden UKIP’s focus to include …

Conservative leader David Cameron’s new guru Philip Blond will today promise that Britain’s broken societies can be rebuilt by restoring community values, the Daily Telegraph reports.
Known as the “Red Tory”, Blond will be watched by Cameron as he unveils his radical theories for healing troubled neighbourhoods at the launch of his new think tank, ResPublica.
The former theology lecturer’s views have created a stir in Tory circles, due to his rejection of Thatcherism and the primacy …

The Tory leadership have distanced from a new think-tank being launched by the party’s leader David Cameron tomorrow to develop new Conservative policies, The Times reports.
Cameron’s aides insisted the Tory leader’s appearance alongside Phillip Blond did not mean that he embraced the former theology lecturer’s agenda. Blond has been hailed as Cameron’s “philosopher king” after his ideas on so-called…