Randy Newman once wrote a song about rednecks who "don't know their ass from a hole in the ground". Paul Walter profiles some of these here, who intend to burn copies of the Koran on 11th September. One of them is called the Rev. Terry Jones; the much-loved star of Monty Python ought to sue.

Giant rats and industrial-scale cannabis factories? Even by silly season standards, the news gets more unbelievable by the day; next the paers will be telling everyone that half the party is ready to defect (or should that be DEE-fect?)

Charles Kennedy is going nowhere (just yet), and neither is Chris Wilson. Proof that the press shouldn't believe everything they see on Twitter.

Andrew Hickey is wise beyond his years. Having been in his position, albeit a few years before, his open letter to Labour strikes a chord with me and doubtless many others.

In the wake of the latest government "crackdown" on benefit fraud, it's worrying to see some "Lib Dems" are believing the tabloid hype about claimants being feckless and fraudulent. Mercifully, Jennie is not among them; here she explains why tax evasion by the rich is a far bigger problem.

The description's in the story; a day after Nick Clegg's historic (D)PMQs, it's two weeks on the bounce that there's been no Lib Dem representative on QT. Caron has the gory details.

Why the Liberal Democrats need to engage our members outside London.

Eric Pickles and the Daily Express get a right royal Rodgering.

Jennie improves upon the "How LibDem are you?" questionnaire at the Voice. Now where can I buy a David Heath Action Figure?

Great post on liberty.