Charlotte Gore on how we're supposed to retain our freedom by, er, compromising our freedom.

Mark Valladares counters Iain Dale's charge that the LibDems are "anti-Israel".

And does it pretty well, to be fair

The smoke generated by the battle over faith schools has obscured a far more fundamental dispute – that between liberals and authoritarians.

...the second rather more serious

"... I wonder whether everything else in the media is as shamelessly, venally, manipulatively, one-sidedly, selectively reported on as the things I know about." Sounds about right.

"At least he doesn't abhor the Virgin's womb, though. That's got to count for something."

The leak was sent to Phil Booth of NO2ID, which campaigns against the ID cards. “This is quite extraordinary. Has every employee of these five companies and all their subcontractors working on the ID scheme been made aware of the fact that their homes could be entered and searched without a warrant at any time in the next 25 years?” he said.

JG on top form

He's a card is that Chris.