Indeed Mick. Surely Mr Skidmore must urge Mr (Campbell) Bannerman to step down having purported to join the Tories even though the electorate voted for a UKIP MEP.

Well, it would appear that the only people who are in any doubt about its likelihood on this thread are Malcolm Dunn and Axstane. And CH doesn't generally publish idle gossip. In this instance, past performance is probably very much indicative of future results.

Is "senior aides to" an Appleby-esque reference to the Prime Minister himself? Mr Cameron lost the 2010 election and the LibDems are struggling for electoral life. The assumption that a grateful public will return them to office on the basis of such a stitch-up is divorced from reality.

Perhaps Mr Cameron should have turned down the heating before making this video as he seems to be "glowing" a bit. Reckon I'll get around to burning that pile of tyres in the garden at 8.30 tonight.

But: not everyone is like us, Country. Anyway, it's the toxic mix of teenagers and technology. If we kids had had mobile phones with speakers back in '79 then Graeme's predecessors would no doubt have been foreseeing the end of civilisation in like terms. Finally, I don't care if Godwin's Law is invoked but we all know who was an enthusiast for Wagner and Lehar's Merry Widow. You've inspired me to annoy my neighbours with some Hard Trance at high volume. Goodnight.

Oh Graeme, I hope you're not becoming an old fart. It's the intrusion, not the genre. Fellow passengers would be equally miffed if you were playing your Bellend Sebastian stuff at top volume on the bus.

According to CCHQ there are two call centres for telephone canvassing: Bradford and Coleshill. Shouldn't this be available in the Geneva centre at Millbank too as it usually is? It was even done for the Glasgow North East by-election where we didn't stand a cat's chance. Kashif sounds like a great candidate. As he's going to have to lose more personal time and perhaps income by fighting two elections in less than a year we should be throwing everything behind the chap.

My missis quite often gets tickets from private firms but the demands are sent to me as registered keeper of the car. They are irrecoverable by law. Here is my standard reply which has always worked: I am indeed the registered keeper/owner of the vehicle. It does not follow, as you purport to suggest, that there is any contractual relationship between myself and your organisation. Indeed, the sum demanded by you is self-evidently a penalty and in any event irrecoverable even if there were such a relationship. As you appear to be a commercial organisation your directors ought to be fully aware of this. The demand for payment is, in these circumstances, an offence under section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006 for which the officers will be liable under section 12. No payment will be made to you. By all means issue County Court proceedings. These will be defended, successfully, and I will thereafter seek indemnity costs from you pursuant to CPR 27.14(2) (g) and report the matter to the police. Feel free to use it as a template but please note that it doesn't apply to tickets issued by the proper authorities.

Obviously, none of us know the ins and outs of the case. But the idea that we should only supoort her if she is a "dead cert" is absurd: we have to stand up to these Gramscian lackeys. On a practical point Nick - Katherine may already have financial backing for this if she has legal expense insurance under her household home/contents insurance. Has she checked? If she's already chosen solicitors that's fine. She has the right to select her own lawyers under such a policy by the Insurance Companies (Legal Expenses Insurance) Regulations 1990 which are very helpful even if they do arise from EU jurisprudence.

Indeed! Many thanks to Simon, Jane and Christiana for all their hard work in organising the 'Zone.

No Tony, it's not prejudice but rationality. When housing benefit is paid directly to tenants it very often fails to be passed on to the landlord. And to say that landlords are protected against damage is naive. A court can award a money judgment in respect of unpaid rent or repairs, but getting this out of a DSS claimant is quite another matter. There certainly is a remaining prejudice in the private rented sector: the assumption that landlords are fat cat rachmanites preying on poor little tenants. The reality is that feckless tenants on benefits can, and do, wreak serious injury to the finances of those who have decided to save for a pension or otherwise invest for their futures via the property market.

At long last! No human being deserved to be cooped up in those monstrosities. Cllr Colley does spoil things a little however: The demolition process is less dramatic than methods used in the past. No explosives or wrecking balls are used in modern demolition of large housing structures. The building is carefully taken down as it was constructed to reduce noise on the construction site and ensure a controlled and safe demolition. Swiz.

The concept should be extended to traffic cameras. There is one which stops eastbound traffic on the South Circular turning right into Wickes by the Catford railway bridge. The idea, presumably, is to make traffic go about 1 mile round the Catford gyratory to come from the other side. Selfish locals like myself take the shorter residential rat run to the north. Surprising to note that the Greens are in favour of such inconveniences. If man-made global warming wasn't a myth then surely this increases CO2 emissions.

My dear chap. If we lose, we will simply follow the example of our masters in Brussels and have further referenda until the British people come up with the correct answer.

Women start at a disadvantage because most of the great monarchs; statespeople; military commanders; scientists; artists; musicians and business magnates have been: men. It will be interesting to view the shelves in Waterstones fifty years from now because it is more than likely that this balance will naturally have been redressed as more women naturally come to prominence in all fields. Already, for example, there is a plethora of books about our present Queen; The Baroness and that awful Clinton woman. I am greatly looking forward to the first studies of President Palin. These have been and will be written and published not to pursue a feminist equality agenda but because there is a public hunger for knowledge about these figures. Let's not pigeonhole the stories of people like your great aunt as womens' history. They are fascinating because they are part of: History.

Thomas - the central thrust of your argument is, sadly, true. However there are groups targeting the future leaders of the right. You're probably aware of them but they need to be plugged. Any youngsters interested in this kind of development should get in touch with Uncle Donal Blaney at the Young Britons' Foundation and Uncle Simon Richards with reference to the Freedom Association's Free Spirits branch. Both are highly recommended.

Hope Hollobone thrashes Yeo for Energy and Climate Change. Philip will promote the only important part of the brief: energy security. Yeo would be an advocate for the myth of AGW and thereby bring forward the day when the lights start going off.

Much as Hague is to be admired for many reasons, he has form for the unthinking statement as he was equally quick to criticise the Israeli self-defence of Operation Cast Lead. This can perhaps be forgiven in an opposition politician but a Foreign Secretary has no such excuse. It's about time he took the opportunity to get himself properly briefed.

Can't agree old chap. Democracy is a recent, fledgling and fragile concept, the protection of which requires constant vigilance. Throughout most of history and even for most people on the planet today, government means rule by powermonger. The pessimistic and realistic view is that the rulers of a united world are unlikely to deviate from this norm.

Unification of the earth? Awful thought. Great if it turns out like 1970s Coke adverts but not so good otherwise. Where are those who fall foul of such a government to seek asylum? Perhaps on the seventh planet?

An interesting analysis. We rightly took Labour to task when Brown became PM without a mandate from the people. If you are correct, then the emergence of an entire new government without the approval of the electorate would have even less justification.

Agreed. Had Mr Cameron adopted the LibDem proposal for an in/out referendum before the election then perhaps the 900K who voted UKIP would have come to us.

Dr Tannock - given your federalist outlook it is not at all surprising that you see the coalition in the Westminster parliament as an opportunity to work with the Liberals to advance that agenda in Brussels. However, you forget three things. Firstly, your adoption as a candidate was as a consequence of procedure and not a ringing endorsement by the membership, let alone the electorate, of your views. Secondly, you appear to have forgotten that UKIP garnered an astonishingly high share of the vote in the European elections which very much reflects the distrust of an increasing section of the British people with "the project". Thirdly, please bear in mind that the Westminster coalition is solely for the governance of this country. It does not amount to a general merger between our party and the Liberals in the European Parliament nor should you take it as such. Insofar as Tory MEPs are to work within a group at all, that must be with the ECR alone. Messrs Cameron and Hague spent some considerable time creating this coalition as an alternative to the EPP and it is not for you to undermine this.

Any chance of some advance notice about this for next year Alex? Some people would no doubt like to play an active part in the service.

There is another alternative. As a supporter of the Union I say this through gritted teeth and with much regret. But it is absolutely clear that the Conservatives have no mandate in Scotland. It is equally obvious that the voters of England wanted to give us a chance and rejected the parties of the left. Rather than sustain an unhappy union with Scotland or begin an unhappy government with the LibDems, should we not promise an immediate referendum on the continuation of the Union? Such a plebiscite should also allow residents of England a vote. We have only one of the 59 seats in Scotland. If that nation breaks away then we can govern in line with our mandate south of the border. Cameron: start speaking to Salmond instead of Clegg.