Is cycling a left-wing or right-wing activity?
Tory MP Ed Vaizey:

Some people like to pretend its a left-wing pastime because they conjure up these images of miners cycling to work.
But actually it’s both a Conservative and a right-wing pastime, if I can draw that distinction.
Remember John Major’s famous speech about ‘old maids cycling to church’? And [...]

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After a decade of Blair getting off around the world to stay woith rich mates for his summer holiday, it appears that “I’m staying in Britain” is the order of the day for politicians, with Brown reportedly going to Southwold in Suffolk and the Scottish coast, and Cameron holidaying in Cornwall. Only Clegg is bucking [...]

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The similarities between the two are startling:

Both are leaders of large organisations with a penchant for telling people what is right and wrong and what they should do.
Both are failing to provide any sort of clear leadership to their respective organisations.
Both are ditherers, who just can’t make their mind up over important issues.
And last but [...]

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Matt Wardman has tagged me in a meme to name “the best £200k waste of public money you can think of” in response to Tom Harris MP’s post bemoaning the £200,000 spent on the Haltemprice and Howden by-election.
Despite the question being a bit of a contradicion in terms ["best waste"? Matt!] I’m going to do [...]

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You have to say things like this when you are already in power:

I think I’m the right person to take people through these difficult times.

What he really means is that “the electorate think I’m a loser, and my deputy wants my job. But it’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to.”
Especially when the [...]

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The former head of MI5, Baroness Manningham-Buller, told the House of Lords that she objected to the bill to enable the security services to hold suspected terrorists for 42 days without charge because:

I don’t see, on a principled basis, as well as a practical one, that these proposals are in any way workable.

She also pointed [...]

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David Cameron has given a speech saying, basically, what we all know to pretty much be the truth. Basically, in the words of the Telegraph, “the obese, the idle and the poor have no one to blame but themselves”.
I have an issue with the inclusion of “the poor” in that list - being poor isn’t [...]

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The ASI’s word of the day:

Eleutherophobia. e·leuth·er·o·pho·bi·a – n. 1. The fear of freedom.

This can be applied to anyone who votes for Labour.
What’s the word for the fear of giving anyone any freedom? Because whatever it is, that one applies to this government.

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Yet another one of these things is making the rounds…

What is your political ideology?
Your Result: Libertarian

This quiz has defined you as a Libertarian. Keep in mind, this ideology can be applied to the right or left in the social sense. You believe in a minimal role of the government in solving problems and believe [...]

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Until last night, Murray was just another dour, bad-tempered Scot like the one who lives in 10 Downing Street. But now, Murray mania has hit Britain after his epic five-set victory last night - which pulled viewing figures of more than 10 million.
From being two sets down, Murray came back to win the match and [...]

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