I have a dream: 20 prime ministers in 10 years. Yes, to stop politicians screwing up our lives, we need weak government

Has Paperchase had a 'Gerald Ratner moment'? (Apologies for the self-dig.)

Mark Pack makes a very good argument for why politicians' principles and personalities should matter in how we decide to vote.

The Social Liberal Forum blog is back, with an excellent post explaining why the proposed financial transaction tax is a bad idea from a liberal perspective. (Oh, and a funny title!)

The Guardian's Zoe Williams on Labour's proposal to reward neighbours who snitch on alleged benefit cheats, with a share of the recovered funds.

We all know it's fair and gives voters most choice, but James shows how STV is pretty too.

An excellent article featuring a map of how the UK might look divided into STV constituencies. Pure unadulterated electoral reform porn.

It's about time that someone actually tests claims of a "broken society" against the evidence. As Sunder Katwala says, "The Economist has nailed this pretty comprehensively this week". A surprising quote: "the average voter reckons that four out of ten teenagers have children, for instance, whereas in fact perhaps three in a hundred do."

Andrew Reeves highlighting how the Tories are trying to implement a command and control structure regarding social media for their parliamentary candidates. Doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose?

A call for libertarian bloggers to grapple with the Big Issues - education, foreign policy, social services - and drop their alcohol/gambling/smoking "get out of my room Mom!" obsessions.