Jennie Rigg points out that if Parliament objects to "judge-made law" it should legislate. In the meantime, judges have to rule in privacy cases based on what law there is.

You know what this post is about....

Guardian in positive Lib Dem story shock!

Jennie Rigg points out that the worst part of being a rape victim is the psychological impact, and that this means that "date rape" will often be worse for the victim than "stranger rape". A must read.

Are civil society groups "the Big Society" or "the forces of stagnation"? George Osborne seems confused. Christine Berry (former researcher for David Howarth) is not.

Charlotte Gore thinks that demanding a referendum on electoral reform as the price of going into coalition was a big mistake.

So the Lib Dems took a battering last week. A lot of postmorteming is going on, and the consensus seems to be that what happened with tuition fees is the issue, and that we cocked up. Well, when I say "we", I mean those of us who had votes in parliament and toed the government line...

Chris Jenkinson wants to consign the phrase "We're making tough decisions" to Room 101. A good post on how to work on a better narrative.

We need to stop spinning the line that the election results are what any party in government in mid term elections should expect. There's another party in government that's done rather better than us. And I think I know why...

Former ICM pollster Nick Sparrow (writing on Politicalbetting.com) points to evidence that online polls are less reliable than telephone polls.