The ten-point Labour lead is familiar, though 37% is not much of a score for an opposition party expecting to sweep to power in 23 months’ time. Indeed UKIP is the only party with momentum on its side, with more voters saying they are moving towards it than away from it.
Perceptions of the Conservatives have been eroded further. We are barely ahead of Labour on having a good team of leaders, an

Speculation is rife about an illicit affair in the halls of 10 Downing St, which it's feared could bring down the British Prime Minister.

According to British media, Cameron has held crisis talks after a story on the mysterious liaison ran in The Mail on Sunday.

Those involved in the affair apparently can't be named for legal reasons, but the Telegraph reported Cameron was "shocked" to hea

Never has there been a more incompetent and unreliable leader, people say, including many of her own colleagues. Yet this week marked Gillard's 1000 days as Prime Minister. She will soon have served longer than Whitlam.

Gillard has been unlucky enough to have stepped up to the job under two unprecedented circumstances: the hung parliament and the 24-hour news cycle.

The

There is an opportunity for Boris Johnson to become Tory leader before the next election if David Cameron cannot find an election-winning plan in the next 12 to 18 months. That is the big precondition. Boris will always be a big roll of the dice; a gamble. But a party facing defeat will be prepared to roll the dice.

The first scholarly edition of Magna Carta was published by the eminent jurist William Blackstone. It was not an easy task. There was no good text available. As he wrote, "the body of the charter has been unfortunately gnawn by rats" – a comment that carries grim symbolism today, as we take up the task the rats left unfinished.

Blackstone's edition actually includes two charters. It was entitl

This is a lot of rubbish-the reason why the figures have dropped is not because of employment found-it is because they have thrown people off the unemployment benefit- yes dumped them

Seeing Mr Thomson move towards the coalition benches, Mr Pyne tipped off Mr Abbott and the pair of them bolted for the door of the chamber.

While Mr Pyne made it out, Mr Abbott - who has vowed never to accept Mr Thomson's "tainted vote" while he sits on the cross benches - did not and his vote registered alongside the member for Dobell's.

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Some who favour a switch do not want it to happen until the last day of parliamentary sittings in June, when a new leader would have the long winter break to reorganise government and tweak policies.

Ms Gillard will face an angry Labor caucus on Tuesday over her government's deal to let Gina Rinehart import 1700 foreign workers.

There are twenty-six English Bishops in the House of Lords. How are they appointed? Recent events have shown the procedure to be secretive and flawed. Any future reform of the Upper House must question the legitimacy of the Lords Spiritual.

The battle for Scotland began in earnest this week with David Cameron’s offer to give Alex Salmond the power to hold a decisive referendum on independence—but only if that referendum is held “sooner rather than later,” and only if it is on a clear in-or-out vote.

So when Brownlee told Ryall categorically that Shipley et al wouldn't work for a mere $270 - $415 a day, he was simply making it up.

If it hadn't been for the presence at the hearing of his son James, News Corp and its News International subsidiary would have lost what little credibility they have left. If it wasn't for his wife Wendy's right hook, he would have lost what little dignity he has left too, under a pile of shaving foam.

The chairman and chief executive of a $41bn media colossus should have acquitted himself bet

A swell of water is moving down the Mississippi River, threatening a catastrophe not seen since the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.That event still ranks as one of the worst natural disasters in American history. In part, that flood catalyzed the mass migration of millions of African-Americans to northern cities, propelled Herbert Hoover to the presidency and set the stage for the Great Depressi

At a certain point, a woman at one of Silvio Berlusconi's parties says, a
girl started flashing her bottom and the evening took off;.

Views are being sought by January 10th on a document being described by some as the first step towards a British codified constitution. The 150-page draft cabinet manual, drawn up on 14 December, aims to set out how the UK is governed.