Politics is back in full swing and so is the blog. Usual mix of low goings on, political totty, political violence and what passes for wit in the comments. On the subject of comments, Guido was most amused to discover that Oxford academics deemed the wit of the likes of Tuscan Tony and other assorted window-lickers worthy of serious study. Just imagine the study grant application: we want the money to read the comments on Guido’s blog. The published results can be found here. Shocking!

This week the blog had 329,676 page views from 211,096 visits by 72,541 visitors. The top 7 stories last week in order of popularity were:

• Nadine, the Drunken Wife and the Lover (Part II)
• Labour Trying to Spin Blogosphere
• Totty Watch : Berlusconi’s Jailbait Ruby
• Tory MP to Speaker: “You’re Not F**king Royalty”
• Fire Extinguisher Tosser Gets 2 years 8 Months
• The Guardian’s Violent Rhetoric
• Friday Caption Contest (Very Special Relationship Edition)

You’re either in front of Guido, or you are behind…