A truly thought-provoking blog post from Ben Goldacre on a tricky question in science. The answer is, not always.

Andy Lewis skewers David Tredinnick's misconceived EDM attacking the Science and Technology Committee's report on homeopathy. I would urge the seven Lib Dem MPs who have so far signed EDM 908 to read this and then withdraw their signatures.

Richard Allan (Lib Dem MP until 2005) gives his views on the amendment to the Digital Economy Bill moved by Lib Dem peers

"I just don’t want either of the fuckers. To the 45% of the population living in a constituency where the Lib Dems are in first or second place: please. We might not be perfect but surely it’s the better option by a wide margin?" James Graham wrestles with the question of whether Labour can ever be a worthwhile government. The answer, as you might guess from the quote, is "not yet!"

Its not always better aboard. And I had an argument about this while I was in Holiday in Spain

Giles Wilkes asks whether Tory attacks on Gordon Brown for selling much of our gold reserves are justified - especially since he calculates that the country would have been a lot better off had Geoffrey Howe chosen to sell our gold reserves in 1979. Interesting read.

Mark Valladares is not a little disturbed by what must be tantamount to a breach of confidentiality by Christine Pratt.

Bullying helpline chief breaches callers confidentiality

What happens when you sit next to Simon on the train?

Tom Papworth writes a thoughtful post on the Liberal Vision blog about how the late Roy Jenkins was criticised after the Birmingham bombings, and why he was right to be liberal even when it was unpopular.