What influence will The Sun have?

This week's frantic discussions between Labour leadership and The Sun seen to have resulted in a quick change of allegiance by the newspaper and Mandy referring to them as a 'bunch of chumps', or perhaps something more viscious, depending on who you believe. The infamous 'light bulb' front page of 1992 allegedly swung the vote the way of the Tories, but what sort of a difference could the Sun make this time?

Where are the Greens?

It seems staggering that at a time when the major parties are encouraging the public to hate them, and with climate change and peak oil at the heart of the political agenda, the Green Party is apparently continuing to stare at its collective navel. Where are they?

Party conference malaise

I have been to both conferences so far, and the sense of fear and dreariness was overwhelming. The LibDems seemed determined to appear nonchalant, and came across like something out of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, while the woeful theatricality of Labour was mirth-inducing. An incredible waste of time and money.