Electoral reform should go further, but AV is the right system for the job in hand.

Newcastle supporters have had a lot to put up with. Sometimes they are their own worst enemy – there is no entitlement to anything in football, but yesterday’s comback at St James’ Park after another week from hell was truely historic.

You agreed the cunning plan that January should be miserable.

It had taken over a year to get round to watching the BBC’s re-run of the 1979 General Election night. As they say, what goes around comes around.

Labour got everything it could have wanted in Oldham East. It might be atypical but any serious look at the result looks grim for the Liberal Democrats.

Embattled Business Secretary, Vince Cable’s argument about the confidentiality of his constituency surgery is nonsense. The fact is David Cameron should have sacked him over a blatant failure to understand his ministerial role.

It is always easier to buy a late present if you know your victim likes a drink.

The final verdict in cases like that of Phil Woolas should rest with the electorate. I, like many, find the disloyalty of the Labour establishment to one of its most loyal MPs distasteful.

i could prove that print can still do news better than the web – so long as you understand that brievity is a vitue compatible with quality journalism.

Reflections on Labour’s Conference: there is more to why Labour lost than is yet being said clearly and there are some clear steps the Party and its new leader should take now – not least promoting Yvette Cooper.