A great summing up: "When it came to Iraq, Tony Blair was a combination of passionate conviction and cavalier disregard for detail. It was that fatal marriage which explains so much of what went so wrong."

A generous and well deserved post about Duncan on his 50th birthday.

An excellent fisk of the "broken Britain" narrative.

Provocative title, provocative post.

Excellent post about how Parliament behaved over the Iraq war

When politicians talk pollocks.

The next generation of Conservative MPs do not share David Cameron's enthusiasm for making climate change a priority for a Conservative government, according to a survey to be published tomorrow.

An interesting account of Britain's image amongst international foreign policy types. It's not pretty.

Another brilliant post from Jack of Kent, well worth a read. A taster: "I suspect the Martian would see a 'Law and Order Party', consisting of the Home Office, the Metropolitan Police, the various constabularies, the secret services, and the government ministers of the day, of whatever purported political affiliation."

Brilliant demolition of Conservative plans for marriage tax breaks