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Glasgow East: still difficult to call

The news that Pete just posted about how the odds on Labour winning Glasgow East have shortened is, perversely, bad...

The British reaction to Sarah Palin

I’m back in Britain now, and had not prepared myself for the reaction to Sarah Palin. The Guardian has a...

A warning shot across Gordon's bow

In the last week there have been several stories about how Stephen Carter, the PM’s chief strategist, is to be...

A lesson in how not to end leadership speculation

Here are the last few lines of the interview with Harriet Harman in today's Times: "Is it not time for...

Brown's sinking, but where are the alternatives?

A handful of Labour ministers have tentatively signalled that they might have designs on the party leadership, but they're unwilling to follow-through and develop those signals into full-blown claims. The result? No alternatives have truly captured the imagination of Labour members or of voters more generally. And that could just about save Brown yet.

Arts

Marriage lines

The Archers Omnibus (BBC Radio 4); Sunday Worship (BBC Radio 4); The Reunion (BBC Radio 4)

Creative differences

Marcus Berkmann on Walter Becker's new album

Books

Life and Letters

Breaking the rules

Brave new writing

Fifty years ago, Alan Sillitoe’s first novel, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, changed the history of English fiction. Richard Bradford explains how.

Style & Travel

Meet the real Donna

Charlotte Metcalf finds a friend on the Mamma Mia! island

The skinny on sportswear

James Sherwood seeks suitable jogging attire

Labour’s punishment freaks are hounding honest citizens

Ross Clark says that far from keeping our streets safer or cleaner, the government’s new force of amateur policemen are ignoring the worst offenders and pursuing law-abiding innocents instead

Ross Clark