John McTernen works for the Labour Party out of No. 10. Well they all in a sense work for the Labour party, but he is actually on the Labour party payroll. Wonder how he helped develop the important Schools and Academies policy? Did his efforts boost his paymasters available funds?

Ruth could you hurry up and answer Guido’s Freedom of Information request? Before you get too busy…

Guido thinks Yates read this blog.

Des Smith is under arrest – which must be fun for the kids at his school.

ConservativeHome.Com’s Tim Montgomerie is launching a set of awards for the Conservative Movement – and he is asking for category suggestions – Guido suggests that they should have “Deserves A Peerage” award.

Like Blair’s people’s peers they would be nominated by the conservative activists to be officially put forward by the Conservative party leader to the PM for a gong. No cash need change hands.

CCHQ’s latest Tory TV video is like a mood thing, it just shows Tories in normal clothes painting nurseries and playgrounds, having a pint and the subliminal message is we’re normal, regular kinda people, just like you. Guido spotted 5 millionaires in the video – see if you can.

Am wondering just what Guido should video and send to video@conservatives.tv as his suggestion for their next Party Political Broadcast. (You can text your videophone message to 07725 822460 as well.)

All you have to do is record a 30 second video clip answering the question: ‘How would you improve your local environment? The “prize” is to appear on the BBC in the Tory Party Political Broadcast. Hmm, Guido will suggest making all the local government campaign leaflets from recycled materials. Recycle a few LibDem policies on decentralisation here, a few Labour policies on schools there – they really will bio-degrade better for the environment.

As if we didn’t already have Harry’s place for them to argue amongst themselves about Iraq, now they have another blog (sorry “The Euston Manifesto“) where self-important, leftie media types can pontificate amongst themselves about Iraq. The rest of us can safely ignore them.

Amusing to read the whining that they are ignored by the media – the group includes the columnists John Lloyd, Francis Wheen and Nick Cohen with heavy promotion from the New Statesman. Just so long as it keeps them off the streets opinion pages.